42-Year-Old Man Defiles Girl,12

Takoradi:
Posted on May 30, 2013
A 42-year-old Caterer, Michael Ofosu, was on Tuesday remanded into prison custody for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl by a Takoradi Circuit Court.

He pleaded not guilty and would re-appear on May 30.

The court also charged Madam Irene Acheampong, a teacher who is the Aunt of the accused and Emmanuel Badioo, a 49-year-old farmer and father of the victim for complicity.

Giving the facts of the case, Police Chief Inspector Felix Danku told the court presided over by Mr Charles Bamfo Nimako that the complainant, Baidoo and his family reside in the same house with Ofosu at Fijai Hills in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.

He said on March 6, Ofosu took advantage of the absence of the victim’s parents and sent her on an errand, and after delivering the item; Ofosu lured her into his room and forcibly had sex with her.

The prosecution said after defiling her, Ofosu used a white handkerchief and wiped the semen and the victim’s blood and threatened her not to disclose the incident to her parents, and left the town.

He said on March 9, parents of the victim noticed unusual signs on their daughter and upon examination, they noticed that her vagina was swollen with whitish discharge.

Chief Inspector Danku said her parents took her to a clinic for treatment; and it was at the health facility that she narrated her ordeal.

The father of the victim reported the case to the Adiembra Police and a medical form was issued to them to take her to hospital for medical examination.

After the examination, the medical report confirmed that the girl had been defiled.

The prosecutor said the victim’s father confronted the accused, but he denied the crime however Ofosu’s mother called for an amicable settlement of the case.

He said on March 14, the accused aunt gave GH¢650.00 to appease the victim’s family.

However, the prosecution said on April 3, the victim’s father, not satisfied with the compensation, reported the case to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit at Sekondi and Ofosu was arrested.

Source: GNA