A 30-year-old small-scale miner, Augustine Afrifa has been handed a 20-year prison term with hard labour for defiling an 8-year-old school girl.

Mr. Afrifa, pleaded guilty to the charge and the Tarkwa Circuit Court sentenced him on his own plea.

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Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mrs. Juliana Essel-Dadzie narrated to the court that the victim resided with her grandmother in a cottage at Wasa Jedu, near Wasa Akropong, in the Amenfi East district.

The prosecutor said on September 8 this year, at about 1600 hours, the victim was sent on an errand to buy a polythene bag for her grandmother from Wasa Jedua town.

According to her, when the victim got to Wasa Jedu township, she met Afrifa who had lived with the victim and the grandmother before.

ASP Juliana Essel-Dadzie further stated that the convict bought a ‘Kalyppo’ drink for the victim and lured her into his rented room in the town and had sex with her and warned the victim not to disclose the incident to anyone.

However, the victim narrated her ordeal to her grandmother and parents as soon as she got home. She said the parents lodged a complaint at the Wasa Akropong police station and the convict was arrested.

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ASP Essel-Dadzie disclosed that a police medical report received from Dr. Adom Boadi of Wasa Akropong government hospital indicated that the victim suffered deep bleeding with vaginal cuts and torn hymen.