In Edo 13-year-old student sexually assaulted by teacher

An English teacher at a secondary school in Edo state has been sentenced to jail forsexually assaultinga minor.

The 47-year-old father of 3 whose name was given asRotimi, was sentenced to 4-year imprisonment by a Magistrate's Court.

The prosecutor in the case,Osasu Ewemade, said Rotimi committed this crime on May 26, 2015 in his office in the school premises.

It was revealed that Rotimi had invited the victim, a 13-year-old pupil of the school, to his office where he sexually assaulted her.

Ewemade also added that the offence contravened Section 360 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48, Vol. II, Law of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable in Edo and the presiding magistrate, Igho Braimoh, found him guilty on all counts, sentencing him to one year in prison for each count.

The prison terms, the magistrate added, would run concurrently. He then gave an option of fine of N50,000 for each of the counts. The teacher pleaded not guilty.