The Central Region Police Command has taken over investigations into the alleged defilement of a four-year-old girl, at Assin Adadientem,\u00a0following a directive\u00a0from the Inspector General of Police.<\/p>\n
Police in Assin Fosu are yet to arrest the supposed suspect, an 18-year old, more than a week after the parents of the alleged victim lodged a complaint.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe investigation will focus on how to save the child, whether Police procedures were duly followed, and generally ensuring that justice\u00a0is done,\u201d a statement from the Police said.<\/p>\n
A police clinical psychologist, who is attached to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit at Accra, has also been assigned to assist the process.<\/p>\n
The police assured that, \u201cany person found culpable of wrongdoing including Police officers, would be dealt with according to law.\u201d<\/p>\n
The four-year-old was allegedly defiled by an 18-year old suspect, and is said to have bled for three days, according to her parents.<\/p>\n
Medical reports proving otherwise<\/strong><\/p>\n But according to Accra-based Joy FM, a medical report from a doctor at the St. Francis Xavier hospital at Assin Fosu into\u00a0the alleged defilement, found the victim’s hymen intact, with no evidence of bleeding.<\/p>\n The vulva was however moist and looked inflamed. A screening for infection also turned out negative.<\/p>\n Dr. Bernard Brew who conducted the exams put the girl on anti-biotics and directed her parents to report to the police.<\/p>\n The chief in the area was reported to have declared the suspect innocent after a ruling from the gods, and was accused of impeding investigations into the incident.<\/p>\n This case of abuse has sparked outrage among the public, and prompted campaigns in support of the alleged victim from some individuals.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Central Region Police Command has taken over investigations into the alleged defilement of a four-year-old girl, at Assin Adadientem,\u00a0following a directive\u00a0from the Inspector General of Police. Police in Assin Fosu are yet to arrest the supposed suspect, an 18-year old, more than a week after the parents of the alleged victim lodged a complaint. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":288237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[1655,1656,3,519],"class_list":["post-365513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider-1","category-top-stories","tag-assin-fosu","tag-defilement","tag-ghana-news","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}