The Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 35-year old mechanic, Akwasi Owusu, to 18 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a nine years old girl through her anus.
The action of the convict, according to a medical report, had left “a laceration of about 1.2cm at the five o’clock position of the perianal with a purulent discharge and blood tinge covering the surface.” This indicates that the minor had been defiled.
After a full trial, the presiding judge, His Honour Isaac Apeatu, slapped the jail sentence on Akwasi Owusu for defiling a girl under sixteen years through her anus, which is contrary to Section 101 of the Criminal Code of 1960 (Act 29).
Presenting the case before the court, the prosecuting officer, G/SGT Odum Godfred, explained to the court that the complainant in the case was Martha Boadiwaa, a food vendor, who is the mother of the victim, and resided at Ntuadoum, a suburb of Jacobu, whereas Akwasi Owusu was a mechanic and a resident of Jacobu.
The court heard that on February 23, this year, at about 08:05pm, the victim stepped out to play with her friends a few metres away from her home.
According to him, in the course of play, the accused person (Akwasi) approached the victim and asked her to escort him to take his food from his sister. The victim obliged, and on their way to the place, the convict pulled out a gun and threatened her demanding that she not raise an alarm.
Akwasi Owusu then took the victim to an uncompleted building at Jacobu, laid a cloth on the floor and instructed her to lie on it. He then undressed the poor girl and forcibly had sexual intercourse with the minor through her anus.
G/SGT Odum told the court that after Akwasi Owusu had slept with the victim, he fell asleep.
The victim then left her panties behind and rushed home to inform her mother about her ordeal.
The prosecuting officer further told the court that on February 24, 2023, at about 03:00am, the complainant immediately reported the issue to the police and the victim led them to the crime scene where the accused was deeply asleep.
Akwasi Owusu was subsequently arrested and taken to the police station.
A medical report was then issued to the complainant to send the victim to the hospital for a medical examination. After the examination, it was established that the hymen of the nine year old girl was intact, however, there “was a laceration of about 1.2cm long at the five o’clock position of the perianal, with a purulent discharge and blood tinge covering the surface.”
The prosecutor added that an impression of defilement via anal sex and anal was made and anal laceration, adding that during the police interrogation, the accused person admitted having called the victim to escort him to take his food, but rather had sex with her.
