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A baker has been sentenced t 25 years imprisonment with hard labourfor defiling an 11-year-old pupil atPrestea in the Western Region, Ghana.
The suspect was found guilty and sentenced accordingly by the court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu.
According to the prosecutor, Police Superintendent Juliana Essel- Dadzie, the suspect and the complainant have been neighbours for years.
The prosecutor said on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, the suspect took advantage of the relationship between him and the complainant lured the victim into his room and had sexual intercourse with her after which he threatened to butcher the victim with cutlass if she told anyone.
Superintendent Essel-Dadzie said although the victim was scared, she mastered courage and informed the complainant, and she reported the matter at the Prestea police post.
The police arrested the suspect during interrogation he admitted the offence in his caution statement, and a police medical form was issued to the complainant on behalf of the victim to seek treatment for her.
