An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 54-year-old painter, Fred Acquaye to 20 years imprisonment for defiling his girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter.
Acquaye is said to have defiled the victim on two occasions when his girlfriend had gone to church.
Charged with defilement, the now convict pleaded guilty with an explanation.
He said he went to pour water on the victim in the bathroom when she told him she was feeling warm.
On the second occasion, Acquaye said he could not tell what happened before he had sex with the girl.
Mrs. Sedinam Awo Balokah who presided over the court held that the accused person’s explanation confirmed his guilt.
Prosecuting, Inspector Gloria Ayim said the complainant, a 32-year-old businesswoman, resided at Odumase Krobo with the victim, a Junior High School student.
She said in December 2021, the victim visited her mother at Amanfrom while on vacation and met the accused, now convict, as the boyfriend of her mother.
It said the victim, after spending her vacation at her mother’s place, returned to Odumase Krobo.
The complainant noticed some changes in her and when she quizzed her, the victim informed the complainant that it was Acquaye who had sex with her on two occasions while her mother had
gone to church.
The prosecution said Acquaye, after the act, warned the girl not to tell anyone else she would die.
It said a report was made to the police and a medical form was issued to her to seek medical attention.
The prosecution said a pregnancy test was conducted and it came out positive.
Additionally, on March 6, 2022, a scan was conducted, which indicated the victim was nine weeks and a day pregnant.
Acquaye was arrested and he admitted the offence in his charge statement.
CCF’s crime prevention advocacy
Aside from paying for the fines of petty offenders, Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has introduced programmes including the latest ‘Stay Away From Trouble’ as part of its crime prevention advocacy project.
Through these programmes CCF cautions the general public against acts that could land them in trouble in a bid to curb crime.
The Foundation screens one-on-one interviews with prison inmates bringing to bear acts that landed them into prison and the difficulties they face in custody.
It has also paid the fines of many petty offenders for their release.
