Appeal Court frees medical director serving life imprisonment over sexual assault of wife’s 16-year-old niece
The Court of Appeal has discharged and acquitted, a Lagos-based Medical Practitioner Dr Femi Olaleye who has been serving a life imprisonment on the order of a High Court for sexual assault of his wife’s 16-year-old niece.
Penpushing reports that it is recalled that the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care, was arraigned in 2022 by the Lagos State Government at the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, in Ikeja, Lagos and convicted in August 2023.
The convict not satisfied with the sentence, however, through his lawyer, Kemi Pihinero, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), filed an appeal in November 2023, arguing that there was no direct evidence to confirm the alleged victim’s age.
Penpushing further reports the appellant argued that the claim by the prosecution could not be established as he failed to provide documentation proving the girl was 16 years old at the time of the offence.
The Appeal Court in the judgment on Friday discharged and acquitted the Nigerian Doctor who is the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care and was subsequently freed after challenging his conviction and life imprisonment sentence
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