Mason jailed 12 years for defiling 14-year-old schoolgirl

A 23-year-old mason has been jailed for 12 years by a gender-based violence court for defiling a 14-year-old schoolgirl.

The man whose name has been given as Kouku pleaded not guilty during his trial but was handed the verdict of the court in the matter before it.

The court, after completing the trial presided over by Dora Eshun, found Kouku guilty of defiling the minor.

Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyei, who led the prosecution, presented evidence of how the convicted man managed to commit the crime.

According to the prosecutor, Kouku met the victim while she was walking home with her luggage and forcibly had unprotected s3x with her in the complainant’s corridor.

Per the facts of the case, at about 1400 hours on July 31, 2024, the victim arrived in Accra from her mother’s place at Kasoa in the Central Region to spend holidays with the complainant.

The girl’s father, the complainant, is a 63-year-old security man residing in Accra; however, Kouku is currently unemployed and was the complainant’s neighbour.

While the victim was walking home with her luggage, Kouku met her on the way and engaged in a conversation. Through the conversation, the prosecution said Kouku got to know that the complainant had left her work.

The court heard that Kouku followed the victim to the complainant’s house and forcibly had unprotected sex with the victim in the complainant’s corridor.

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The prosecution said, however, the same day, in the evening, the complainant returned home from work and noticed changes in the way the victim walked.

When the complainant quizzed the victim, she narrated her ordeal to him. On August 2, 2024, the complainant mobilized his friends, arrested, and handed over Kouku to the police.

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When questioned by the police, Kouku denied the offense in his investigation caution statement.

The prosecution said a police medical form was issued to the complainant to send the victim to the hospital for examination and treatment.

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The medical report, endorsed by Dr. Prince E. M. Daitey, Clinical Care Coordinator at Maamobi General Hospital, Accra, indicated that there was evidence of “forceful vaginal penetration and evidence of sexual assault.”

The mason jailed 12 years for defiling a 14-year-old schoolgirl will serve the prison terms; however, at the time of this publication, it was not clear which prison he would be sent to.