By Erica
Apeatua Addo, GNA
Enchi (W/R), Oct. 11, GNA – A twenty year-old
labourer, Gideon Ntaah, has been remanded into police custody by the Enchi
District Magistrate Court for allegedly
defiling an 8-year-old class two girl.
Although Ntaah was charged for defilement, his
plea has not been taken and he would reappear in Court on Tuesday 16, October
2018.
Prosecuting, Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP) Ebenezer Anim Ofori, told the presiding judge, Mr Eric Baah Boateng, that
the complainant, is the victim’s mother and she resides in the same compound
house at Akuoboi, near Enchi with the accused person.
According to him, the accused person’s wife
often visited the complainant to watch television programmes in her living
room.
He said on September 21, this year, at about
1600 hours, the complainant was cooking in her kitchen and the victim together
with her friends and Ntaah’s wife were watching a television programme in her
living room as they usually did.
The prosecution said Ntaah joined them and
moments later Ntaah’s wife and the victim’s friends decided to take leave from
the living room.
DSP Anim Ofori said the accused person took
advantage of the atmosphere, pushed the victim into a chair and had sexual
intercourse with her after, which he warned her not to reveal her ordeal to
anyone and bolted.
He said, days later, the victim complained of
pain in her abdomen and private part when the complainant was bathing her, she
interrogated the victim, who then revealed what transpired between Ntaah and
her.
On September 24, the complainant reported the
case at the Enchi Police Station and she was issued a medical form to send the
victim to the hospital for examination and report.
DSP Anim Ofori said the complainant returned
the medical form to the Police, which indicated that the victim had been
defiled.
He added that, the complainant and the victim
led the police to the hideout in Enchi and the victim identified Ntaah as the
one who abused her sexually, and he was apprehended and sent to the police
station.
GNA