Man 27, Jailed 18 years for Incest
Felix Mensah, the 27-year-old man has admitted defiling a 13-year-old girl in the Eastern Region.
Joana Somiah 
The Eastern Regional Capital, Koforidua Circuit Court “B” presided over by His Honour Kwame Polley has jailed a 27-year-old man, Felix Mensah for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old junior sister of his cohabitating girlfriend whom he has four children with.
The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Benard Annor explained to the court, that Juliet the complainant, 27, was the fiancee of the convict whom they were cohabitating in a single room at Jumapo, a suburb of New Juaben North Municipality, in Koforidua in the Eastern region of Ghana.
The Prosecutor said, on December 8, 2020, the victim who is a basic school pupil visited the sister to spend the vacation.
On the night of her arrival, the convict jumped on her and had sexual intercourse with her in the same room while the fiancée was deeply asleep.
The victim narrated, she felt that someone was having sexual intercourse with her whilst asleep and suddenly woke up but the accused quickly covered the mouth with his hand and threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident to her sister.
The convict repeated the act a few days later.
Out of fear, the victim did not disclose her ordeal to anyone until she missed her menses, in which interrogation confided in her biological mother the sexual ordeal.
The victim tested positive during a pregnancy test at the hospital.
The mother of the victim confronted the convict with the alleged defilement, which he admitted the offence.
The family of the convict and the victim met to amicably settle the matter and fined the convict to compensate the victim and perform some traditional rites to cleanse the family.
Out of shame, the fiancée walked out of the relationship while the convict bolted to Accra.
The victim was taken care of by the mother whom she successfully delivered on August 10, 2021.
The ex-fiancée of the convict later reported a case of defilement to the Domestic Violence and Victims Supports Unit (DOVVSU) which led to the arrest of the convict on October 25, 2021. He admitted the offence in his caution statement hence charged with the offence.
"I enjoyed the act, but will not do that again". A convict revealed in court as he pleaded guilty. However, told the presiding judge that he enjoyed doing it.
William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent
