5 PREVIOUS CONVICTION: COURT: You have now been found guilty of the offences of Attempted Rape pursuant under section 123 of the Criminal Code. Before sentence is passed on you, the Court would like to know if you or Counsel on your behalf will like to say anything in mitigation. ALLOCUTUS: Mrs Gbuji: My Lord the convict is a first time offender. He is 32 years old and has shown sufficient remorse. He is the sole breadwinner of his family. We urge the court to invoke section 29(2) of the Criminal Code in favour of the convict. We urge the court to temper justice with mercy. SENTENCE I have listened to the plea for leniency on your behalf. I consider the fact that you are a young man and a first time offender as mitigating factors in your favour. I also observed your deep remorse for the offence you have committed. These are extenuating circumstances that I will hold I your favour. However, when I consider that your act would have amounted to a very serious offence, I immediately feel that even if I should temper justice with mercy, I should in the same breath give a sentence that is commensurate to your actions. The law requires that you be imprisoned for up to seven (7) years, but in view of the mitigating factors I have found in your favour, I