Wednesday 30th June, 2021, Main Law Court Building, Siaka Stevens Street, Freetown
A Court in Freetown on the above date convicted Joseph Lamin a charcoal burner, for sexually penetrating a nine year old girl thereby by rupturing her hymen and destroying her anus. At Waterloo, Western Area Rural District.
The ugly incident took place on the 28th July, 2020 at Waterloo and Don Bosco Fambul with the resilience of father Jorge Mario pursue the matter in court to its logical and expected conclusion.
According to the medical report endorsed by Dr O Claudius-Cole, it revealed that the hymen and anus of the nine year old Girls were completely ruptured and destroyed, the rectum and anus were torn and that led the medical team to rush the victim to the theatre for surgery.
The Appeals Court Judge presiding over cases at the sexual Offences Model Court Hon Justice Alhaji Pa Momoh-Jah Stevens sentenced the accused for destroying the virginity and anus of the a nine year old child in a gang rape contrary to sexual offences act of 2012 as repeal and replaced with section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2019.
Thanks to the resilience and steadfastness of Father Jorge Mario Crisafulli and the Social Workers for the court to secure that important conviction
Don Bosco Fambul followed the matter from its inception to its logical and expected conclusion.