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Laundry worker, 20 remanded for sodomising 6-year-old girl
Kweku Twum was charged with defilement, but he pleaded not guilty.
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The court presided over by Mrs. Jane Harriet Quaye has remanded the accused into Police custody to re-appear on September 28 for further hearing.
Prosecuting, Detective Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire told the court that, the complainant was a hair stylist and mother of the victim who lives at Parakuo Estate at Dome.
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He said Twum has been visiting the complainant and her family regularly and often times take his meals there.
Chief Inspector Atimbire said on September 2, this year at about 20:00 hours, during one of his usual visits to the complainant, the accused was sent on an errand to a commodity shop within the vicinity and he took the victim along.
Prosecution said Twum kept long in returning, compelling the complainant to follow up, but met the accused and the victim as soon as she stepped out of her room.
According to Chief Inspector Atimbire, immediately Kweku Twum left the complainant’s residence, she detected some abnormality in the way the victim walked, so she examined the victim.
He said during the examination, the complainant found out that the victim’s pant was wet and some creamy like liquid suspected to be semen was also found in her pant.
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He further revealed that, upon persistent questioning, the victim disclosed that the accused person took her to a kiosk and had sex with her through her anus.
The complainant then proceeded to the Achimota Police Station and lodged a complaint and a medical form was issued to her to send the victim to the hospital for examination.
The matter was referred to Tesano Domestic Violence and Victim’s Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service on September 5, 2017 and the accused was arrested by the Police.
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