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LEGAL ADVOCACY: PERMISSION TO HAVE SEX IS NOT PERMISSION TO EJACULATE, COURT RULES

The most senior judge in England and Wales and two other judges said there was consensual penetration, but the man behaved aggressively and ignored the woman’s demand not to ejaculate. The woman had challenged a decision not to prosecute the man for rape and sexual assault. The judges have ordered prosecutors to review their decision. Prosecutors had decided not to charge him as it would be “impossible to prove” that the man’s decision was not “spontaneous” and “made at the point of ejaculation”. ‘CONTROL OVER HER’ Handing down a written ruling, the three judges said the man had been controlling and aggressive during sex. On the specific incident in question the woman consented on the clear understanding that the man would not ejaculate within her vagina. The ruling said: “She believed that he intended and agreed to withdraw before ejaculation.  (He) knew and understood that this was the only basis on which she was prepared to have sexual intercourse with him. “In short, there is evide

RAPE: BISHOP FEYI DANIELS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court has sentenced a Nigerian cleric, Bishop Feyi Daniel, founder of I Reign Christian Ministry, to life imprisonment for “raping a church member”. The trial judge, on Friday, found the cleric guilty of rape and sexual assault of a female worshipper. Also, the court found Mr. Daniels guilty of the offence of sexual assault of two members of his church and sentenced him to three years in prison. Justice Rahman Oshodi in his judgement, said the court held the testimony of the complainant as well as other witnesses who gave direct evidence, none of which was contradicted at any point during the trial, despite the denials of the defendant. He said, prosecution had successfully proven all the ingredients of rape under section 260(2) of the criminal laws of Lagos state, 2015. While discharging the defendant of the second count of allegedly raping another church member at his home in 2020, the court said the prosecution