A 19-year-old mason, Alfred Mensah, who defiled a seven-year-old kindergarten pupil, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court.
Mensah, a resident of Awodua in the Western Region, pleaded guilty to defilement and was convicted on his own plea.
The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Joseph Lartey, told the court, presided over by Her Honour Bernice Mensima Ackon, that the complainant was the victim’s mother.
He said Mensah lived in the complainant’s family house at Awodua and that on Sunday, April 26, 2026, the victim and her younger sibling were playing in the house.
According to the prosecution, Mensah, who had planned to sexually abuse the victim, intentionally sent her younger sibling to buy biscuits from a nearby shop and then gave the victim his mobile phone to play with.
While she was eating the biscuits and playing games on the mobile phone, Mensah lured the victim into a room and sexually assaulted her.
The prosecution said one Mary Yeboah, who was in the house at the time, coincidentally entered the room and found Mensah having sexual intercourse with the victim.
ASP Lartey said Yeboah informed the complainant, who took the victim to the Awodua Police Station and lodged a formal complaint.
A medical report form was issued to the complainant to take the victim to the hospital for examination and treatment.
The prosecutor said the complainant took the victim to Apinto Government Hospital, where she received medical attention. The endorsed medical report confirmed that she had been defiled, and the form was returned to the police.
ASP Lartey said police officers at Awodua subsequently arrested Mensah and handed him over to the Western Central Regional Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit for investigations.
—GNA
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