Court sentence Pastor for r@ping member’s wife in Imo | Read Details
Pastor Desmond Eke, the founder of Deliverance Ministry of the Good Shepherd, Umuehieta Avu, in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for ra-ping his member’s wife.
Justice T. N . Nzeukwu of the Imo State High Court has convicted and sentenced the pastor, who was tried on three counts that bordered on ra-ping the victim and administering a stupefying substance on his victim which made her dizzy and weak.
According to the prosecution counsel, Chioma Emuka, it was while in the dizzy state that Eke took advantage of the woman who woke up to consciousness while he was still inside her.
Emuka said, “On inquiry on why he had to violate her, the pastor told the 25-year-old woman that his semen is holy enough to deliver her of the marine spirit that was disturbing her.”
While delivering the judgment, Justice Nzeukwu held that Eke was guilty of the offences preferred against him.
The judge convicted Eke on count two of the charge of breaching trust and ra-ping the woman but discharged him on the third count which bordered on inflicting injuries during the r-ape.
“Since the woman was not completely conscious during the incident, there was no way injuries could result since there was no resistance,“ Justice Nzeukwu held.
Before the sentence, the defence counsel pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy that his client had been of good behaviour having been present in court throughout the trial without jumping bail.
He pleaded that instead of a full sentence, his client should be put on probation.
