A
prostitute has charged her client to court for allegedly refusing to pay after
having sex with her. The police arraigned the client, one
Henry Godwin of Piwoye village, before a Senior Magistrates’ Court, for the
alleged offence.
Together with the offence, he was
arraigned on a four-count charge of breach of trust, assault, theft and
mischief, which contravened Sections 312, 265, 288 and 327 of the Penal Code.
Police Prosecutor, Paul Anigbo, told
the court that the matter was reported at the Lugbe Police Station on December
16 by one Vivian Okon of Sunshine Hotel, Lugbe, Abuja.
Anigbo said that at about 10 p.m. on
Dec. 16, Godwin went to the hotel, accosted Okon and demanded to sleep with
her.
“Being her profession, Okon accepted
and both agreed that Godwin will pay the sum of N1,500 after intercourse.
“Godwin, after the act, refused to pay
the agreed sum and rather engaged, beat her up which resulted in an injury on
her ear.
“Okon also sustained an injury on her
shoulder as a result of a bite by Godwin,’’ Anigbo told the court.
The prosecutor said Godwin destroyed a
standing fan worth N5,000 belonging to the hotel.
He said the accused’s brother, whose
name is not known, came to the scene of the crime and stole Okon’s Blackberry
phone worth N60,000.
Anigbo said that Godwin could not give
any satisfactory explanation for his actions during investigations.
Godwin pleaded not guilty to the
offence.
The Magistrate, Aliyu Shafa, granted
bail to the accused in the sum of N150,000 with a surety in like sum who must
reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
Shafa said that the surety must have a
fixed address and must affix his passport photograph alongside that of the
accused on the bail bond.
He adjourned the case to January 17,
2013, for further hearing.
Source: Blueprint
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