Liberian security agent found guilty of rape and kidnapping
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Frontpageafricaonline
Liberian justice finds Peter Bon Jallah, an agent of the National Security Agency, guilty of statutory rape of and kidnapping a 16-year-old boy, but acquits him of gang rape. Monrovia’s Criminal Court orders him to remain in detention until the pre-sentence report, according to FrontPageAfrica.
Peter Bon Jallah, a 63-year-old agent of Liberia’s National Security Agency, has been found guilty of statutory rape and kidnapping in a case involving a 16-year-old boy. Monrovia’s Criminal Court E acquitted him of the gang rape charge, however, in a verdict delivered on Friday 23 October by Judge Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh Sr., reports FrontPage Africa.
The judge ordered Peter Bon Jallah to remain at Monrovia Central Prison until a pre-sentence and behavioural report is submitted. The Justice Ministry’s Probation Services Bureau is to prepare the document to help the court determine the sentence, according to FrontPage Africa.
The verdict came after several hearings focused on allegations of repeated sexual abuse and the unlawful confinement of the minor. Evidence examined at the trial included nurses’ notes recording injuries, as part of the trial of Peter Bon Jallah.
