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Bestwood Chukwuemeka was sentenced to three months in jail by a Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, Nigeria for having consexual gay sex with another man

Chukwuemeka, a 28 year-old actor, resident of Gidan Mangoro, had pleaded guilty to having engaged in ‘homosexual acts’, yesterday 17 September, 2012.

He was sentenced to a three months jail term.

Premium Times quoted him stating to the court: ‘I am guilty of the charge against me.

I was under the influence of alcohol and I want the court to temper justice with mercy.’

The paper also noted that Chukwuemeka at first pleaded not guilty when he was first charged in early September, saying, ‘I came back drunk from the night club and thought I was sleeping on the same bed with my girl-friend and I started romancing her.’

At the hearing in September, Magistrate Buba, had ruled that alcohol should not be seen as an excuse for committing the offence, but then granted the accused bail Nollywood Actor Jailed For Homosexuality 'Offence' SYQOV