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Magistrate Hadiru Daboh, presiding at Magistrate Court No. 1 in Kenema, has remanded a 28-year-old man following allegations of rape and sexual activity involving a woman reported to be mentally unstable.
The defendant made his first appearance before the court on charges relating to sexual offences involving a vulnerable woman.
According to the particulars of offence, the defendant is facing two counts. Count one relates to rape, contrary to Section 6 of the Sexual Offences Act No. 12 of 2012, as repealed and replaced by Section 2(1) of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act No. 8 of 2019. Count two relates to sexual activity with a person with mental disabilities, contrary to Section 8(1) of the Sexual Offences Act No. 12 of 2012.
Court records indicate that the alleged incident occurred on Tuesday, 5 May 2026, at Dauda Town in Kenema, where the defendant allegedly engaged in unlawful and forceful sexual intercourse with the woman without her consent.
The matter is being prosecuted by Sergeant 4654 Wata Bakarr of the Legal and Justice Department.
Following the hearing, Magistrate Hadiru Daboh ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Male Correctional Centre in Kenema pending further proceedings.
The matter was adjourned to 10 June 2026 for further hearing
