\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI did not even know what my\nfingers were doing under the"},"modified":"2019-08-16T16:47:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:47:43","slug":"the-devil-tempted-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/16\/the-devil-tempted-me\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Devil Tempted Me\u2019 –"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 28-year-old carpenter, who was sentenced by an
\nAccra Circuit Court for indecent assault, said it was the devil that tempted
\nhim to finger the girl, aged eight.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI did not even know what my
\nfingers were doing under the private part of the girl,\u201d Tettey Sewu confessed
\nto the police when he was arrested.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Court presided over by
\nMrs Rita Abrokwa Doko in passing sentence said by your own words you have been
\nconvicted. What do you have to say?<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It was then that Tettey
\nrefuted the charge, saying he had never committed the offence but the Court had
\nlistened to the victim against him.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0So the judge asked him
\nwhether it was the victim who wrote his caution statement and asked him why he
\ndid not say all those in the witness box.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He told the Court that he was
\ndizzy because the victim\u2019s father had slapped him upon his arrest and he did
\nnot know what he told the police.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Later, he pleaded for
\nleniency and was sentenced to a year\u2019s imprisonment because the Court said the
\noffence was a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In addition, he is to pay a
\ncompensation of GHC500.00 to the victim to mitigate her medical expenses.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sergeant Opoku Aniagyei, who
\nheld brief for Deputy Superintendent of Police Agnes Boafo, said the
\ncomplainant is a mason and a resident of Abokobi in Accra, where Tettey also
\nresided.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He said the girl, eight years,
\nis a Kindergarten Two (KG 2) pupil.<\/p>\n
In April 2018, the complainant, who has separated
\nfrom his wife and has custody of their children (male and female) left for a
\nfuneral at Abokobi-Boi.
\u00a0 \u00a0 At about 1800 hours on the same
\nday, in the quest to look for their father, the children went to Tettey to find
\nout and while there, he intentionally asked the girl\u2019s brother to run an errand
\nfor him.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0The Prosecution said Tettey then
\ntook off the victim\u2019s pants and inserted his fingers into her vagina.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0In the course, he also removed his
\npants and laid on the little girl only to get up quickly on seeing her brother
\napproaching them.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Sergeant Aniagyei said about three
\nweeks later, the children mother visited them and when she was bathing the
\ngirl, she saw sores in her female organ.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0She questioned the victim who
\nnarrated her ordeal to the mother and later to her father.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0He said on June 28, same year, a
\nformal complaint was lodged with the Adenta Domestic Violence and Victim\u2019s
\nSupport Unit of the Ghana Police Service, where a medical form was issued for
\nthe victim to be examined and treated at the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0The accused was arraigned after the
\nreport was submitted.<\/p>\n
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