Accra, Feb. 26, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court on Monday sentenced Julius Konu, 28-year-old cold store attendant to ten years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old girl at Amrahia.
Konu charged with defilement pleaded guilty, and the court presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku convicted him on his own plea.
Before passing sentence, the court asked Konu if he had something to say, he admitted the offence saying, “It is true I had sex with the victim but I did not force her. I have had sex with the victim three times. I am pleading with the court; I have two kids aged five years, and six months”.
Prosecuting Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire said the complainant is a driver and father of the victim resides at Malejor.
Chief Inspector Atimbire said the victim is a form one Junior High School student who lives with her mother and other siblings.
Prosecution said Konu reside in the same vicinity with the victim and her mother, and visits the victim’s mother frequently.
During the month of November last year, the victim was left alone at home when the mother left for the hospital.
Prosecution said the victim was cleaning one of the rooms in the house when Konu arrived and forcibly had sex with her on a mattress on the floor.
The prosecution said Konu warned the victim not tell anyone or else he will kill her. The victim therefore kept the incident to herself until February 2, this year.
He said the parents noticed that victim was being taken ill frequently and upon questioning by the parents she revealed what the convict has been doing to her.
A report was made to the Police and a medical report form was issued to the victim to seek medical attention. Konu was later arrested.
GNA
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