The Tarkwa Circuit Court docket has jailed a taxi driver, Godgift Acquah, alias Kwame Atta, 25 years in onerous labour for defiling his fiancée’s sister.
Acquah, 22, pleaded responsible to the offence of defilement, and prayed the court docket for forgiveness.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Joyce Odame, professionalsecuting, mentioned the complainant, was a farmer who lived in Prestea, and the 14-year-old sufferer, was her niece.
The court docket heard that Acquah and the sufferer’s elder sister had been in a relationship and each shared the identical room at Himan within the Western Area.
ASP Odame mentioned in November final yr, Acquah’s fiancée attended a programme throughout the neighbourhood, leaving him (Acquah) and the sufferer at residence.
The prosecution acknowledged that whereas the sufferer was asleep, Acquah lined her mouth with a pillow to forestall her from screaming, and had sexual activity together with her.
ASP Odame additionally revealed that through the act, the sufferer bled on the mattress sheet, and Acquah in an try to hide the offence, satisfied the lady to scrub the mattress sheet, which she did.
The court docket heard that Acquah bought an emergency contraceptive drug known as postinor 2, and gave it to the sufferer to take to forestall being pregnant.
ASP Odame mentioned the sufferer as an alternative confirmed the drug to her brother, and narrated what Acquah did to her.
The prosecution mentioned the victim’s brother, removed the drug, arrested Acquah with the assistance of some neighbours, handed him over to the police at Prestea and reported the case.
ASP Odame mentioned a medical type was issued to the complainant to take the sufferer to the hospital.
The prosecution additionally famous that the sufferer was examined and the medical type endorsed by a medical officer indicated that the lady had been defiled.
ASP Odame advised the court docket that investigations carried out by the police revealed that Acquah had been residing with Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) and normally went to the hospital for medication. —GNA
