A 38-year-old mason, Collins Sarfo, has been jailed twenty years after he pleaded guilty to attempting to have anal sex with a 16-year-old boy.
During the in-camera hearing of the case by the Bekwai Circuit Court, the Prosecutor, C/Insp Stephen Ofori, explained that the complainant in the case was the Assembly Member for Fomena Electoral Area and a teacher by profession.
C/Insp Ofori disclosed to the court that the victim and Collins Sarfo are all residents of Adansi Fomena in the Ashanti Region.
According to the Prosecutor, about a week ago, the accused engaged the victim at a public lavatory, where he (victim) helps a relative who is the attendant.
The Prosecutor told the court that the accused tried to lure the victim to have anal sex with him, but the latter rejected the idea, including money offered him.
The court was further told that despite rejecting the proposal, the accused persistently disturbed the minor. This forced the latter to report his conduct to a certain Osman, his elder brother. C/Insp Ofori indicated to the court that, on October 17, 2021, at about 8:00 am, the convict went to the victim again and demanded to have anal sex with him.
“Accused removed his penis and asked the victim to lick it. Victim became scared and walked out from the chamber of the lavatory, where he was at the time. Accused followed the victim to a plantain farm behind the lavatory, and promised to give the victim GH¢20.00 if he allowed him (convict) to have anal sex with him,” the Prosecutor further told the court. However, because the locals were frequenting the toilet at the time he engaged the boy, the convict asked him (victim) to go home and come back at an appointed time.
The worried victim, who was increasingly being bombarded with the anal sex plea from Collins Sarfo anytime he visited the toilet, again communicated the development to his brother, Osman, who also informed the complainant, Unit Committee members, and some members of the Neighbourhood Watch Committee.
The Prosecutor told the court that the witness (Osman) agreed to lay ambush and wait if Sarfo (convict) would come to execute his intention, as communicated to the victim. Around 9am, the convict arrived at the lavatory and went straight into the chamber to meet the victim, as he had agreed with him (victim).
The victim also arrived and went into the chamber to meet the convict. The latter then closed the door and as he was about to engage the victim in the act, Osman, who was lurking around, forced the door open and arrested him (convict) half naked. An amount of GH¢10.00, which was given to the victim to lure him for the sex act, was handed over to the police for investigations.
After investigations, the accused was charged with the offences.
