CESTOS CITY, Rivercess – The Assigned Circuit Decide of the 14th Judicial Circuit Court docket of Rivercess County, His Honor Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh, has sentenced a 43 years previous man, Saah Bundor, to 50 years in jail, for rapping two minor kids, between the ages of 9 and 11 years, in ITI, Rivercess County, on Might 27, 2025.
The indictment alleged on Saturday, Might 24, 2025, the 2 victims went to the close by dumpsite, within the city to take care of nature, when Defendant Bundor appeared and took the youngsters away to the close by bush, the place he had sexual intercourses with the minors after which gave then the quantity of LRD1000; and there after he threatened to killed the kid in the event that they knowledgeable their dad and mom.
Defendant Bundor who’s a neighborhood gold miner within the space, fled the realm however was arrested by the Police on the following days after which taken to Cestor, Rivercess, whereas the youngsters have been admitted to the hospital with damaged hymens and lacerations and foul scent of their vaginas wall.
The case was then superior on the trial docket and When Defendant Bundor was arraigned, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, through the twenty sixth day jury sitting, he pleaded not responsible to the fees compelling a juror to listen to the case and Throughout the trial that final for nearly three week, the Prosecution produced a complete of seven normal witnessed and two rebuttal witness, whereas the Defendant and a the chairlady of the city testified on behalf of the defendant.
After the courtroom entertained remaining authorized argument on Thursday, June 26, 2025, the jurors after a lengthen deliberations, returned a unanimous responsible verdict in opposition to the Defendant Bundor; after a heated authorized argument ensued between prosecution’s attorneys led by Atty. Martin Turmor, County legal professional for Rivercess and Protection Counsel led by Cllr. James. D. Kaba.
Whereas rendering his judgment, on Saturday, June 28,, Decide Wesseh mentioned “rape is a felony of the primary diploma, whereby the sufferer is lower than 18 years of age, on the time of the offense; and the actor is eighteen years or older and mentioned that the most sentence for a primary diploma pare is life imprisonment, with a minimal of ten years”’ “ he then mentioned “this courtroom subsequently says that the act of the defendant is graded as a primary diploma rape”.
He additionally mentioned that “This courtroom additionally takes word of the overall sentencing regime, as offered for in part 50.5(a); (sentence to dying or imprisonment); which says” an individual who has been convicted of a felony of the primary diploma could also be sentenced as follows; “for a felony of the primary diploma to life or life imprisonment the place such penalty is specified by statute; or the place not specified to a particular time period of imprisonment to be mounted by the courtroom, the utmost shall be ten years”.
Decide Wesseh continued and mentioned “giving the above talked about, and relating to the sentence to be imposed on this defendant, in a primary diploma rape case; and on this case the place the victims are of juvenile ages, 9 and 11, years previous, this courtroom says because the Prosecution indicted Defendant Saah Bundor for allegedly having a twin sexual intercourses with two minor kids, between the ages, 9 and 11., and that trial the proof adduced by the State satisfactorily established the guilt of the defendant past an affordable doubt.”
.He then went on and mentioned the “defendant’s motion perpetrated in opposition to the pair of juvenile ages is tantamount to mass rape and paying homage to the darkish days in Liberia; as such his callous behaviors was a breach of his fiduciary to the victims”.
Additionally Decide Wesseh mentioned that “this courts discover it not possible, if not impracticable to provide the utmost (life) sentence, since there isn’t any Probation Serviced of the Ministry Justice, right here in Rivercess examine the previous conduct of the defendant; which might have served as a guidepost in mitigating his sentence; or as an aggravating circumstances within the worst case surroundings, whereby the imposition of a extra inflexible sentence of life imprisonment” is required”.
Decide Wesseh then referred to as on the Ministry of Justice for institution of Probation Companies, in the remainder of the nation, the place such service isn’t accessible, in order to assist courts in making future sentencing determination.
Decide Wesseh the concluded and mentioned that “this courtroom subsequently holds little doubt that the jurors’ unanimous responsible verdict returned in opposition to the defendant shall stay everlasting and live on perpetually till reverse by the ultimate arbiter of justice.”
He then upheld, confirmed and affirmed the trial jurors’ verdict and sentence Defendant Saah Bundor to FIFTY (50) years to be served at the Nationwide palace of Corrections, Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County or on the Monrovia Central Jail. The Counsel for the defendant then excepted to the courtroom’s ruling and introduced an attraction to the Supreme Court docket of Liberia
