By
Joyce Danso, GNA
Accra Jan. 22, GNA –
A District Magistrate Court in Accra has sentenced a 33-year old Photo editor
to 30 days imprisonment for publishing nude videos of a student after extorting
monies from her.
Richmond Clement
Kobina Abegya was also ordered by a Kaneshie District Court to pay a fine of GH¢4,800.00
in default serve six months imprisonment.
The court further
ordered Abegya to pay the victim GH¢5,000.00 compensation by March 3, this
year.
Abegya, charged with
publication or sales of obscene materials and extortion, pleaded guilty before
the court presided over by Ms. Rosemond Dodua Agyiri.
The facts as
presented by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sylvester Asare,
prosecuting, said the complainant who is a student resides at Tema while Abegya
also lives at Tema Community four.
Prosecution said in
July last year, the convict met the complainant on WhatsApp and became friends.
The Prosecution said
Abegya posed as a female porn star and sent nude videos to the complainant via
WhatsApp and requested the complainant to send him her nude photos as well and
she did.
Abegya after
receiving the nude videos of the complainant, called the complainant and
demanded GH¢200.00 from her and threatened to publish her nude videos on social
media.
The Prosecution said
the complainant paid the money to Abegya via his Airtel/Tigo mobile money
wallet.
He said when the
convict received the money, he uploaded the complainant’s nude videos on a
website.
Prosecution said
subsequently the complainant saw her nude pictures on the said website and
confronted Abegya.
He said the convict
then demanded an additional GH¢200.00 from the complainant to pull down the
videos from the website.
Prosecution said the
complainant paid the money via MTN Mobile money wallet but after collecting the
amount, Abegya persistently demanded for more from the complainant and further
threatened to publish the videos if she fails to pay.
He said on November
11, last year, the complainant reported the matter to the Police at Tema
Community four and on November 26, that year, the convict was arrested from his
hideout at Tema Community four.
Prosecution said
Abegya in his cautioned statement admitted publishing the nude videos of the
complainant on the internet and extorting money from her.
Prosecution said
during investigations, several victims came to lodge complaint against Abegya.
GNA