{"id":167639,"date":"2024-04-02T17:47:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/02\/teacher-jailed-for-defilement\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T17:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:47:24","slug":"teacher-jailed-for-defilement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/02\/teacher-jailed-for-defilement\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Jailed For Defilement &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 24-year-old teacher has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour by a Tarkwa Circuit Court for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old student in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The convict, Kingsley Acquah, pleaded not guilty to the charge, but the court, presided over by Hathia Ama Manu found him guilty at the end of the protracted trial.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting, Superintendant Juliana Essel-Dadzie told the court that the complainant was a seamstress and mother of the victim.<\/p>\n<p>She said Acquah used to teach at a private school, located in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, which the 15-year old girl attend\u00aded. She also said that the convict lived in the same area with the victim and her parents.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecutor, the victim was a final year Junior High School (JHS) student, who together with her colleagues lodged at the school campus, to enable them to effectively prepare for the Basic Education Certificate Examina\u00adtion (BECE).<\/p>\n<p>She said the convict took advantage of the situation, lured the 15-year old girl into his room and had sexual intercourse with her.<\/p>\n<p>She told the court that when the convict had sex with the victim she bled, and the convict asked the victim to leave his room.<\/p>\n<p>Supt Essel-Dadzie said after the victim had completed school and was home, she fell sick, and did not realized she was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>She indicated that it was when the girl had got an admission to a Senior High School (SHS), and was on campus, that a senior house mistress detected that the victim was pregnant, and the authorities asked her to go home.<\/p>\n<p>Supt. Essel-Dadzie said the girl later narrated her ordeal to the mother who also reported the matter to the police.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution said the police issued a medical report form to the complainant to take the victim to the hospital where it was confirmed medically that she was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A 24-year-old teacher has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour by a Tarkwa Circuit Court for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old student in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality. 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