One Omara Bendu, 25, was remanded at the Pademba Road Male Correctional Centre for sexually abusing a girl aged 8, by presiding magistrate at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, Dr. Abubakarr Binneh Kamara.



The accused was charged with a count of sexual penetration contrary to section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2012, which says that “A person who engages in an act of sexual penetration with a child commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years.”