Liberia: 70-Year-Old Grandfather Accused of Raping Girl, 8

The Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice Wednesday was a scene of disbelief as many onlookers watched a man believed to be in his late 70's dragged to court on allegations of rape. The man allegedly raped an eight year-old girl in the Key-Hole Community in Sinkor. Defendant Victor Jah was briefly arraigned before the court Wednesday and after few hours of interrogation escorted out by the court officer to the Monrovia Central Prison pending prosecution.

Court record in possession of FrontPage Africa says that defendant Jah was accused of the crime after it was reported that he was allegedly caught in the room after sexually abusing the victim on Friday, February 21, 2015.

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