Labourer jailed 8 years for defiling neighbour’s daughter

 The Gender Based Vi­olence Court has sen­tenced Joseph Gyadu, to eight years imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl at new Amanfrom, Accra.

The 25-year-old labourer, aka Cudjoe, who was charged with defilement, pleaded guilty.

The court presided over by Dora Eshun Inkumsah con­victed Gyadu on his own plea.

Chief inspector Opoku Aniagyei, who held brief of Detective Chief Inspector Simon Tekpor, said the com­plainant was a seamstress and the mother of the victim.

The prosecution said accused and the complainant were good neighbours (resi­dents) of New Amanfrom, in Accra.

Chief Insp Aniagyei told the court that accused, and his wife had been sending the victim on errands.

The court heard that when the complainant and wife of accused left for work at Odor­kor, in Accra, accused lured the victim into his room and had sexual intercourse with her.

Chief Insp Aniagyei said accused again had sexual inter­course with the victim.

The prosecution said the complainant detected that the victim was pregnant and when asked, she mentioned the accused as responsible for the pregnancy.

Chief Insp Aniagyei said a report was made to the Weija Division of Domestic Violence and Victims Sup­port Unit (DOVVSU), and a medical form was issued to the complainant to take the victim to hospital for examination and treatment. —GNA

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