From Akwasi Ampratwum-Mensah, Sunyani
A watchman, Baba Mamudu, has been jailed 10 years with hard labour for defiling a 12-year-old girl.
The 45-year-old watchman from Kotokrom, near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, blindfolded, gagged and tore the girl’s panties before sexually abusing her.
He was sentenced on his own plea of guilty by the Sunyani Circuit Court ‘A’ presided over by Mr Kwame Ohene-Essel.
Mr Ohene-Essel, convicting Mamudu, said he considered the age of the victim and advised parents who send their children on errands to be wary of people like the accused.
The facts of the case were that the girl lived with her brother at Kotokrom, while Mamudu worked as a watchman in the vicinity.
According to the prosecution, Mamudu invited the girl to his house at about 1 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2008, forced her into his room and abused her. She was rushed to the hospital for treatment and later discharged.
A doctor’s report, the prosecution said, indicated that the hymen of the girl had been broken and there were blood clots and requested the girl’s parents to deal leniently with her, since she was traumatised.
Mamudu was charged with defiling a female under 16 years of age under section 101 of Act 29/60 of the criminal code.
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