An Umuahia Magistrate court on Wednesday found a 37-year-old HIV-Positive man, Mr. Chiemela Victor Ekeke guilty of defiling a 4-year-old girl in Umuahia, Abia State and has pleaded guilty to the three count charge bordering on defilement.
The prosecuting counsel, Mr. Okezuonu Obioma an official of the Ministry of Justice told newsmen that the accused person did not deny any of the 3-count charges.
According to the counsel, the facts were laid before the magistrate court in order to convince the court that the accused persons committed the crime.
The court presided over by Chief Magistrate N. Lekwa found the accused guilty and adjourned till July 21 for sentencing.
Upon interrogation, the accused person said his doctor told him he has a small load of HIV that has been flushed out of his system.
Ekeke who is a labourer and a farmer on Friday narrated how he had gone to the victim’s home in search of a woman that is related to the victim’s family to pay her the sum of N3,000 he had earlier borrowed from her.
He said upon arrival at the home of the victim located at Ogbulafor Street in Umuahia, he met the children playing in the parlour.
According to him, while two of the children left the parlour, he was left with the youngest one, the 4-year-old old girl, stating that he put her on his lap, playing with her.
He confessed that he laid her on the bed where his hand mistakenly touched her on the private part but denied having carnal knowledge of the victim despite blood stains around her legs.
“Maybe it’s through the touching”, he stated defending why the blood gushed out from the baby’s private organ.
“I only touched her for a while. When she said she wanted to go inside the room, I left her”, he stated.
Mr Ekeke who after committing the act went to the bedroom of the children’s mother to have a rest said he was weak and needed to rest.
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