MONROVIA, Oct. 26 -- A 63-year-old resident of Monrovia's Airfield area will spend the coming weeks in the Monrovia Central Prison awaiting sentence. On Friday, Criminal Court "E" found him guilty of statutory rape and kidnapping of a 16-year-old boy who, according to the indictment, ran errands and did domestic work at his home.

By Rodney D. Sieh

Judge Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh, Sr., sitting without a jury at the defendant's own request, found Peter Bon Jallah guilty of statutory rape and kidnapping. He acquitted Jallah of gang rape, the most serious-sounding charge in the three-count indictment. The court ordered the Bureau of Probation Services at the Ministry of Justice to prepare a pre-sentence report "as soon as possible," and suspe...