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Mason remanded in defilement trial

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The court, presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, remanded Tei into police custody to reappear on January 5, 2017.
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A 47-year old mason who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl at Pantang Village has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Bismark Boi Tei, charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty.

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Prosecuting, Detective Inspector Kofi Atimbire said the complainant is a trader and a grandmother of the victim.

The victim is a class three pupil who lives with the complainant at Pantang Village in Accra.

Prosecution said the accused person lived at Aboman, a suburb of Adenta, and in June this year, Tei allegedly lured the victim to into the Pantang Village Presbyterian Primary School and had sex with her.

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Inspector Atimbire said the complainant’s friend detected some foul smell on the victim and when she was quizzed she narrated her ordeal.

The friend informed the complainant and a formal complainant was lodged at the police station.

The prosecutor said a medical form was issued to the complainant to send the victim to the hospital for medical care and Tei was arrested by the police.

Credit: GNA

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