MAN WHO RAPED A TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO DIE BY HANGING
A man identified as Usman Shehu Bashir has been sentenced to death by hanging over the rape and murder of a 2-year-old girl, Fatima.
The judgement was made in a Kaduna State High Court sitting in Dogarawa Sabon Gari, Zaria, on Wednesday, June 3.
The convict was said to have taken the late Fatima to his room and raped her which led to her death.
The presiding Judge, Justice Kabir Dabo, said that his judgement was based on the confession of the convict as he pleaded guilty.
According to Dabo, the offence committed by the convict is punishable under the law on section 221 of the Penal Code which accounts for death sentence.
The case started on 23rd of March, 2015.
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