Liberian Rapist, 39, Found Guilty in Rape of 13-Year-Old

Monrovia — Solicitor General Betty Lamin Blamo scored a major victory last week when the petit juror sitting in the case Republic of Liberia V. Foday Kanneh, in Criminal Court E, at the Temple of Justice, brought down a unanimous guilty verdict against 39 yr-old Foday Kanneh, for the rape of a 13 yr-old victim. Final judgment and sentence are expected to be announced next week.

The incident of rape occurred in the Konneh Community, Senjeh District, Tubmanburg, Bomi County, on December 2nd, 2013, when the 13 year-old victim was sent by her mother to take food to the wife of the Defendant, but his wife was not home. The Defendant asked the victim to take the food in his bedroom, but the victim refused to do so.

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