{"id":446685,"date":"2017-12-13T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/soldier-defiles-7-year-old-girl-general-news-2017-12-13\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:41:00","slug":"soldier-defiles-7-year-old-girl-general-news-2017-12-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/soldier-defiles-7-year-old-girl-general-news-2017-12-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier defiles 7-year-old girl | General News 2017-12-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailyguideafrica.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/46129413.295.jpg\" alt=\"Arrested Collapse\" title=\"Arrested Collapse\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>A soldier has been arrested for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A 32-year-old military officer, Franklin Kumbo, has been remanded into custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>The soldier is accused of blindfolding and luring the victim to his room at Burma Camp in Accra where he allegedly had sexual intercourse with the girl.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Kumbo was arrested after the victim narrated her ordeal to her mother.<\/p>\n<p>The accused person, who is facing a charge of defiling a minor under the age of 16, pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bail Application<\/b><\/p>\n<p>His lawyer prayed the court for bail, saying the accused had an alibi in the whole case.<\/p>\n<p>The court, presided over Mrs. Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, maintained that since Frank\u2019s lawyer said the accused had an alibi, the soldier would interfere with investigations of the alibi when granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>She therefore remanded the soldier to reappear on December 19, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>She further ordered that a notice of the alibi be served on the prosecution for investigations.<\/p>\n<p><b>Facts<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire, told the court that both the complainant and the accused live at Burma Camp in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>He said in the afternoon of November 28, 2017, the victim was going to play with her friends when the soldier met her.<\/p>\n<p>He said the soldier covered the face of the victim with a handkerchief and took her to his room and had sex with her.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Atimbire narrated that the soldier, after the act, threatened to beat the victim if she informs anyone about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>He left the victim to her fate behind his block.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, as a result of the incident, fell sick and complained of severe pains in her lower abdomen and was rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution told the court that the blood came out the victim after urinating as result of the alleged defilement.<\/p>\n<p>He said on November 3, 2017, the victim told her mother what the soldier had done to her and led her mother to his door.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Atimbire narrated that the victim\u2019s father, who is also a soldier, reported the matter to the Ghana Military Police which issued a medical form to the victim to be taken to the hospital for examination and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>He said the matter was transferred to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service and the soldier was arrested.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: dailyguideafrica.com 2017-12-13 A soldier has been arrested for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl A 32-year-old military officer, Franklin Kumbo, has been remanded into custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. 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