By Kamal Ahmed, GNA
Somanya (E/R), Nov. 12, GNA – A 25-year-old trader, Aliu Tahiru, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court for defiling a three-year-old girl at Oduwanya, a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region.
The court, presided over by Mr Kwesi Appiatse Abaidoo, convicted Tahiru on his own plea after he pleaded guilty to the offence of defilement, contrary to Section 101 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
The prosecution, led by ASP George Nana Akomeah, Somanya District Police Commander, said the incident occurred on November 2, 2026, when the victim’s mother was searching for her daughter and calling her name outside their residence.
He said the child subsequently emerged from Tahiru’s room crying and holding a GH¢1 coin.
According to the prosecution, when the mother asked what had happened, the child reportedly told her that Tahiru had sexually abused her and given her the money.
The prosecution said the mother examined the child and noticed a whitish fluid suspected to be semen in her vagina and on her clothing.
“She subsequently confronted Tahiru by holding his shirt, but he managed to escape after removing his clothes and fleeing” the prosecution added.
ASP Akomeah said the mother, with the assistance of other residents, pursued and apprehended him at his employer’s shop before handing him over to the police.
“A police medical report form was issued for the victim to be examined and treated at a hospital, after which the endorsed form was returned to the police” he noted.
The prosecution said Tahiru admitted the offence during police interrogation and in his caution statement.
He was subsequently charged and arraigned before the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
GNA
Edited by D. I. Laary/Kenneth Odeng Adade
Reporter : Kamal Ahmed
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