A 23 year old musician, Godsway Dzandu who abducted and defiled a 13 year old female student in Ho was on Monday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Circuit Court in Ho presided over by Madam Priscilla Dikro.
Dzandu, also known as Armingo Marley, pleaded not guilty to charges of abduction of child under 18 years and defilement but was found guilty by the court.
Prosecuting, Police Corporal Abigail Serwaa said in December, 2018, Dzandu met the victim (name withheld), a Junior High School two pupil at the Ho Sports Stadium and proposed to her.
She said the convict then gave her his mobile phone number to call him anytime she was in town.
The prosecution said on January 5 this year, the victim called Dzandu in the morning and he directed her to his house where he kept her till January 08, 2019.
She said the victim later narrated all that transpired between her and the accused to her guardians.
The prosecution said the grandparents of the victim who were her guardians reported the matter to the Police and investigations revealed that the accused had sexual intercourse with the victim twice during the period.
GNA
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