An Accra circuit court has granted bail of GH¢10,000.00 with three sureties to a driver for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl.
The court
ordered that one of the sureties should be a public servant.
Samuel Owoo, 19, pleaded not guilty to the
charge and will make his next appearance on November 5.
Detective Chief
Inspector Kofi Atimbire told the court, presided by Mrs Rita Abrokwa-Doko, that
the complainant was the victim’s grandfather and residents of Kwabenya in
Accra.
He said Owoo’s sister was their neighbour, but he lived at
Asamankese in the Eastern Region.
In January, this year, Owoo visited his sister and met the
victim on her way to fetch water, and engaged her in a conversation, prosecution
said.
Chief Insp Atimbire said the driver met the victim the next
day and lured her into an uncompleted building and had sex with her.
Prosecution said Owoo repeated the act on another day and
left for Asamankese.
Chief Insp Atimbire said on September 5, this year, the complainant reported the case to the Domestic Violence and Victim’s Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service, when he discovered that the girl was 27 weeks pregnant. – GNA
