A 28-year-old man, Kingsley Inyang, has been sent to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Lagos State.

After 15 months of trial, a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere ruled on Monday that Inyang was guilty.

During the trial, the teenager told the court that the first time Inyang defiled her was on a Sunday evening after a fellowship.

She said he had threatened to assault her if she told anyone.

“Three days later, my younger brother and I passed his house on our way home from Bible Study in church and Inyang beckoned on me.

“He sent my brother outside and pounced on me. He said I should not let anybody know, otherwise, he will beat me,” she had told the court.

Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya, who handed down the verdict, said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

In the trial that lasted for one year and three months, Ogunsanya held that the Lagos State prosecution team led by Mr Adebayo Haroun, proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt, DailyPost reports.

She said Inyang’s defence was inconsistent with the testimony of the girl, who stated that on the day of the incident, Inyang spent only 15 minutes with her, contrary to Inyang’s claim that he was with her the whole day.

Inyang, who resided at No. 16, Adetunde Arogundade St., Fagba, a Lagos suburb, was arraigned on March 3, 2017.

According to the prosecution, he defiled the girl, his church member, in his home on July 26, 2015.