Tuesday 18 September 2012

Actor sentenced to jail for having sex with a man

 
 
 
A magistrate in Karu, Abuja sentenced 28-year old actor, Bestwood Chukwuemeka to three-month imprisonment without the option of fine for having sexual intercourse with another man..

When asked about the crime, he initially denied it but later confessed to the crime.
 
’I am guilty of the charge against me. I was under the influence of alcohol and I want the court to temper justice with mercy’’, he said.

The police prosecutor, Mohammed Umar, had told the court that the convict committed the offence in August when the complainant was sleeping in his bed. Homosexual acts, the prosecutor said, was contrary to Section 284 of the Penal Code.

1 comment: