The Circuit Court in Hohoe in the Volta Region, presided over by His Lordship Nana Brew, has remanded into prison custody an accused person, Solomon Akuffu, for allegedly defiling a school girl on two occasions.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor, ASP Joseph Quainoo, who doubles as the Commander for the Domestic Violence and Victim’s Support Unit (DOVVSU) at Hohoe, told the court that, the complainant, Asem Mary, is a teacher of Hohoe M\/A Experimental Primary School, and a member of the school’s girls counseling unit living at Gbi-Gbledi, a suburb of Hohoe.<\/p>\n
The victim (name withheld) is a fourteen-year-old student of the said school.<\/p>\n
The accused person, Solomon Akuffu, 29, is a driver.<\/p>\n
The victim lives with her aunt, while the accused is married to the victim’s auntie, and both live in the same house at Hohoe Low Cost.<\/p>\n
On 2nd November,\u00a02017, the aunt of the victim traveled, leaving behind the accused person and the victim.<\/p>\n
On the 6th day of November, 2017 that midnight, the accused person took advantage of the absence of the wife and forcibly had sex with the victim.<\/p>\n
After the act, the accused person rendered an apology to the victim. He however forcibly had sex with her again on 8th November, 2017.<\/p>\n
The victim after the second act went to the school, and informed her school teacher who in turn told her Headteacher and a police report was later made.<\/p>\n
The accused person was subsequently arrested.<\/p>\n
A medical report from the Hohoe Municipal Hospital confirmed that the victim had been sexually assaulted<\/p>\n
The accused, who confessed to the crime was charged with the offence. He however pleaded not guilty in court.<\/p>\n
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By: Polymath Agbanyo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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