A 26-year-old trader, who appeared before an Accra circuit court following
a bench warrant, has had his bail conditions revoked by the court.
Ali Fuseini failed to attend to court at the
last sitting, hence the prosecution prayed the court for a bench warrant for
his arrest.
Appearing before the court on Monday, the
presiding judge Mrs Christina Cann, revoked Fuseni’s bail of GH¢10,000 with
three sureties, and then admitted the accused to fresh bail of GH¢60,000 with
two sureties one to be justified.
Additionally, one of the sureties should be a
Ghanaian with the documents covering landed property, which should be deposited
at the court’s registry.
Fuseini is alleged to have defiled an 11-year-old
class three pupil in a room close to a public bathhouse at about 9:30p.m. on
June 14, last year, but has pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement.
Prosecuting, Detective Sergeant Poke Aniagyei
said, the complainant is a trader residing at Adabraka Sahara, whilst the
victim resides with her father, who is also the complainant in the matter; the
accused also resides in the same vicinity.
Prosecution said on June 14, at about 9:30p.m.,
the victim was sent by her uncle to go and collect “indomie” across the street
and she obliged.
Sergeant Aniagyie said the accused saw the
victim and proposed to her, and then took her into a room near a public
bathhouse and had sex with her on the bare floor, thereafter, he told the
victim not to tell anyone.
He said when the victim returned home, the
complainant noticed that she could not walk properly and after quizzing her,
she narrated what the accused did to her.
Sergeant Aniagyei said the complainant then
reported the matter to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the
Ghana Police Service where a medical report form was issued for the victim to
seek further medical assistance, whilst Fuseini was picked up and a cautioned
statement obtained from him.
The accused will reappear in court on April 1, 2020.
GNA