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28-year old actor, Bestwood Chukwuemeka was on Monday sentenced to
three-month imprisonment by a Magistrate Court in Abuja for having
sexual intercourse with another man through the anus.
At first he pleaded not guilty before
accepting the crime. In his words; ‘’I am guilty of the charge against
me. I was under the influence of alcohol and I want the court to temper
justice with mercy’’, he said.
The police prosecutor, Mohammed Umar, had
told the court that the convict committed the offence in August when the
complainant was sleeping in his bed. Homosexual acts, the prosecutor
said, was contrary to Section 284 of the Penal Code.
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