Pragya rider jailed 15 years for defilement
A tricycle rider has appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old pupil at Matwamatwa, a suburb of Asankrangwa in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality.
David Owusu, 21, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty with explanation but the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu rejected Owusu’s explanation and sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment with hard.
The Prosecutor, Superintendent of Police Juliana Essel-Dadzie, told the court that the complainant is a police officer at Asankrangwa and his wife is related to the victim.
She said the complainant and his wife own a provision shop at Morta and the victim usually went there to assist her aunty, but they reside at Kwesi-Bukuro, another suburb of Asankrangwa with the victim.
The prosecution said Owusu resides at Matwamatwa and he buys from the complainant and his wife’s shop.
She said on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at about 1:30 pm, while Owusu was working at Asankrangwa township, he chanced on the victim who was on his way to the auntie’s shop, and he picked her up.
Superintendent Essel-Dadzie said when they got to the shop, Owusu failed to stop for the victim at a light and speed off to his house, dragged her into his room, and had sexual intercourse with her.
The prosecutor revealed that after the act, Owusu took the victim to the aunty’s house where she changed her clothes and thereafter, he took her to the shop.
On May 1, 2024, the victim revealed her ordeal to one of the workers in her aunt’s shop and she informed the complainant and Owusu was arrested and sent to the Asankrangwa police station, and they reported the matter.
A police medical form was issued to the complainant on behalf of the victim to attend the hospital for examination and report, and some were endorsed and submitted to the police.
—GNA
