Driver Jailed 7-years for Defiling Girl, 14 

The Asamankese Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Ababakari Abass Adams has sentenced a 21-year-old mechanic who doubles as a driver, Emmanuel Adodo to seven years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old girl at Maame Dede, near Adeiso.

Emmanuel Adodo, the accused, pleaded guilty when he was charged for the defilement of a child under sixteen years, contrary to section 101 of the act of the criminal offence 1960(Act 29). 

Presenting the facts of the case to the court, Prosecuting officer,/Sgt Samuel Owusu said the victim is a 14-year-old Junior High School student who lives with her mother at Kwasi Nyarko near Adeiso, while the accused person is a driver at Maame Dede.

He said on 22/06/2021 at about 12:00pm, the victim was returning from school and met the accused on her way where the accused seized her books and asked her to come for them in his house.

On the same day at about 2; 30pm, the complainant could not find her daughter in the house and so, she started searching for her and someone informed her that she saw the schoolgirl following the driver after school.

The complainant went to the accused house and saw his door been locked, but the complainant could not control her temper and called some people for help to open the door and after opening it, the accused managed to escaped but the victim was seen in the room.

A case was lodged to the police and a medical form was given to the complainant and the victim for a check-up. Later, the check-up confirmed that that the victim has been sexually assaulted.

The accused was later arrested and sent to court for prosecution.

William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent