corroborating the story of the complainant who gave unsworn evidence. 2) The lower court erred in law in failing to consider the evidence that casted doubt on the veracity of the allegations against the Appellant. 3) The sentence is manifestly excessive. The Appellant was a 57 years old teacher who was alleged to have defiled a 7 years old pupil. The story of the complainant is that he told her to lay down and undressed her while putting his manhood in her vagina. She felt pain. He did the same on the next day. In all he is alleged to have defiled her thrice. According to section 6(2) of the Oaths, Affirmations and Declarations Act, the unsworn evidence of a minor is required to be corroborated as a matter of law. The case of Kagwa v R 14 MLR 3 says that 'corroboration is nothing more than some additional evidence from a source which is independent of the evidence of the witness whose evidence requires corroboration'. The Appellant confessed in his caution statement which was not retracted that he told her to remove her clothes and she did so and was left with pants only which were pulled down to her knees. Appellant said that as the girl slept on the floor and as he wanted to sleep on her he heard a knock. The girl dressed up and sat on the chair while he went out to attend to the knock. This confession is corroborative enough of what the victim girl said. The medical report which was done much later because the matter was reported to police about 2 years later was of no help to 2