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Wa High Court sentences Imam Ilyasu Kunateh to 10 years for defilement of 7-year-old boy
Following the evidence presented, the Wa High Court convicted him and imposed a 10-year custodial sentence with hard labour.
A 42-year-old Wa-based Imam, Ilyasu Kunateh, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Wa High Court for the defilement of a 7-year-old boy.
However, the prosecution relied on medical evidence from experts, alongside the testimony of the child, which the court found sufficient to establish his involvement in the offence.
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