by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 22, 2023 | Child Abuse
Jegede Folorunsho, 54, has been sent under remand to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre after it was alleged that he defiled an eight-year-old girl in the Lagos State neighbourhood of Mushin. On Monday, November 20, 2023, the defendant appeared in Magistrate O.M....
by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 21, 2023 | Child Abuse
A male nanny from California, USA, received a prison sentence exceeding 700 years. During his Friday, November 17 court appearance, 34-year-old Matthew Zakrzewski said he “prided himself” on making the kids he sexually molested happy. The Orange County...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 20, 2023 | Rape
Authorities in Mpumalanga, South Africa, have verified that a suspect in the rape and killing of 6-year-old Bontle Mashiyane was killed by burning at the stake by locals in Mataffin, Mbombela. A traditional healer known as Mangebeletane Samuel Tsela, 63, was among the...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 20, 2023 | Child Abuse
Anthony Mgbe, 70, was remanded in prison by an Enugu State magistrate court after he killed and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl. Uchechukwu Onwuzuru, the victim—who was described as deaf and dumb—bled to death following what is believed to have been a violent...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 16, 2023 | Child Abuse
James Rich, 31, has been taken into custody by the Anambra State Police Command on charges of defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in Awka. In a statement released on Thursday, November 16, 2023, the State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Hon. Ify...