A 22-year-old shop attendant, Anthony Ayew, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old teenage girl.
Ayew was sentenced on his own plea of guilt by the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) court, presided over by Her Honour Dora Eshun Inkumsah, on Monday, June 26, 2023.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement of a child under 16 years of age.
Reading the brief facts of the case, D/C/Insp. Opoku Aniagyet said the complainant was a brother of the victim.
She told the court that Ayew and the victim lived in the same house, and normally he sent her on errands.
But on December 25, 2022, at about 8:00pm, the victim went out with her friend, and while returning home, she met the convict standing at the entrance of his room.
The convict called her to come, and immediately she approached him, the latter got hold of her and dragged her into his room, twisted her hands backwards, pushed her onto his bed, raised her dress upwards, and removed her panty.
Ayew also removed his trousers and boxer shorts, and then inserted his penis into the victim’s vagina and had sexual intercourse with her.
The convict continued to have sexual intercourse with the victim from time to time, particularly from February of April 27, 2023.
The court heard that the secret act was discovered when the lights in the house went out and the victim decided to sleep outside in order to get fresh air. Whiles the victim was sleeping outside, the convict went to lie beside her and started sucking her breast.
The victim began hitting the convict to the extent that the sound woke a neighbor from her sleep to find out what was happening.
It was during this episode that the victim disclosed everything to her brother and the matter was reported to DOVVSU Accra Region.
The complainant was issued with a police medical report form to send the victim to hospital for examination and treatment and a report issued. The convict was arrested and a cautioned statement was obtained from him.
After investigation, he was charged with the offences and put before the court.
