A Cape Coast circuit court has sentenced a 36-year-old unemployed man to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a
12-year-old girl.
Joseph Crentsil, the convict, pleading guilty to
the charge of defilement, and was convicted on his own plea.
Prosecuting, Sergeant Iddrisu Yakubu told the court
presided by Mrs Dorinda Smith Arthur, that the complainant, who is the mother
of the victim and a teacher, lives at Bakaano, a suburb of Cape Coast, whilst
the convict lives at Acquarium, where the victim normally goes to fetch water.
The court heard that in September 2018, Crentsil
went to the complainant’s house and lured her into a plantain farm behind the
victim’s house and had sexual intercourse with her.
Sgt Yakubu said the same day, complainant sent
the girl to buy medicine from a chemical shop, and the convict again lured the
girl into a drinking spot and had sex with her.
The court heard that when the complainant detected that the convict had sex with the victim, she reported the matter to the Domestic Violence Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Cape Coast. – GNA
