Setsoafia Kudzu, 25, was due to reappear in court on Monday, July 1, 2024, having been granted bail by the Sogakope Circuit Court when he was first arraigned before the court last month. He was arrested by the police and charged with the offense of defilement of a child under 16 years contrary to section […]
A teacher, who defiled his student at Attakrom in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. The convict, Benjamine Hanson, pleaded not guilty to the offence but after the case had gone through full trial he was found guilty and convicted accordingly. Superintendent
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The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 56-year-old farmer to 24 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old pupil. The convict, Kwaku Sarfo, who is popularly known as Kantanka was convicted on his own plea when he appeared before the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu. Although, Sarfo pleaded for mercy,
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The police have arrested three male juveniles, aged between 15 and 17 years, for allegedly gang-defiling a 15-year-old girl at Aboabo in the Akuapim North Municipality of the Eastern Region. Following the incident on January 27, 2024, the Police arrested the suspects, who have since made two appearances before the Mampong Magistrate Court to face
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Francis Cudjoe, a 19-year-old carpenter, has been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for defiling a Primary Two pupil. He pleaded guilty with an explanation, but the court overruled it. Although, Cudjoe was charged with defilement on count one and two, and was sentenced to 25 years each which run consecutively,
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The trial of Sergeant Emmanuel Duah, now 47, only began in 2023, two years after he lured a 14-year-old girl into a newly built police post and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her. The incident happened at Ave-Xevi in the Akatsi North District in September, 2021. The convict is a police officer who was on
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Daniel Kuatusah, a professional teacher at the Akatsi RC Basic School, has been jailed 12 years in hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old junior high school girl. Kuatusah, 30, who taught Basic Design and Technology before his arrest, was sentenced by the Sogakope Circuit Court on Tuesday, March 26, charged with defilement of a child
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A judge has called for the amendment of Section 101 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1969, Act 29 to provide for compensation for defiled victims. The gender-based violence Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi, Gloria Mensah-Bonsu, said such an amendment would encourage more parents to report cases of defilement to the police rather than
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The Tarkwa Circuit Court has convicted a mason to 15 years Imprisonment for defiling a primary four pupil in an uncompleted building at Himan-Prestea in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality. Thomas Aboagye, alias Mfantse, pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement and the presiding judge, Mrs Hathia Ama Manu before sentencing accused to fifteen years imprisonment
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A 39-year-old farmer, who defiled a six-year-old girl under a palm tree at Dompim-Pepesa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Samuel Attomoh was charged with defiling a female below age 16 contrary to section 101 of the criminal offences Act 1960
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