{"id":450383,"date":"2017-12-27T12:22:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T12:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/27\/i-was-defiled-at-age-11-maurice-ampaw\/"},"modified":"2017-12-27T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T12:22:34","slug":"i-was-defiled-at-age-11-maurice-ampaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/27\/i-was-defiled-at-age-11-maurice-ampaw\/","title":{"rendered":"I was defiled at age 11 \u2013 Maurice Ampaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

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General News of Wednesday, 27 December 2017<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n

2017-12-27<\/p>\n

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\"Lawyerplay video<\/span>Lawyer Maurice Ampaw<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has revealed that he was sexually exploited by an 18-year-old lady when he was just 11-years-old.<\/p>\n

Recounting his childhood experience, he opened up about how the 18-year-old lady from Chorkor convinced him to play house -a game popularly known among Ghanaian children as \u2018Maame ne Paapa\u2019, where she played the role of a mother and he the father.<\/p>\n

He spoke about his \u201cdefilement\u201d at the 2017 Orgasm Conference at the Accra International Trade Fair Centre on December 26, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cI quite remember the first day I broke my virginity, it was rape\u2026.at the age of I think 11 years. We had this girl who was 18-years and was from Chorkor, and I from Sukura. So we did what we call \u2018Maame ne Paapa\u2019. So she said she was the \u2018Maame\u2019 and I was the \u2018Paapa\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the legal practitioner, he was not privy to what it meant to have an erection at such a tender age thus the act can be classified as sexual abuse. He added that he had the power to report her because criminal offence has no expiry date.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026.I can even today report her because she defiled me Kwabena Ampaw because criminal offence has no expiry date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ampaw condemned the act adding that most of such cases happen in compound houses where the older girls take advantage of innocent little boys to satisfy themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of these things happen especially in compound houses. You know where you have a young girl telling a young boy you are my husband. Some of them start to have sex without the young ones without their consent which is very bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legally, he stated that there are consequences for such immoral acts revealing that anyone found guilty is likely to face a maximum of 25-years in prison or a minimum of 7-years depending on the gravity of the situation<\/p>\n

Ampaw warned, \u201cIf you are a lady and you have sex with a guy who is below the age of 16 years, you have defiled him. You can go to prison maximum 25-years and minimum 7-years.\u201d<\/p>\n