From Vincent Amenuveve, Tamale
A man who defiled a 12-year-old primary five girl at Salaga in the East Gonja district has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tamale High Court.
At the court presided over by a High Court Judge, Mrs Angelina Mensah Homiah, the 22-year-old, Bashiru Alhassan Tinjani pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement.
The facts of the case as presented by a State Attorney, Mr Agbeko Kra, were that the girl who was staying with the grandmother at Salaga sold “Hausa beer” or “tankwa beer” for the mother each day after school.
Mr Kra stated that during one of her usual rounds to sell the beverage on September 21, 2007, the convict invited her to his house under the pretence of buying some of the local beer.
According to the prosecution, after buying some beer, the convict collected the rest of the drink and sent it to his room and invited the girl into the room to collect her money but the girl declined.
The convict then pushed the girl into his room, undressed her and had carnal knowledge of her.
The prosecution said after the act, the girl fell very sick but never told the grandmother as the convict warned her not to tell anyone else she would die.
Mr Kra further stated that since the girl’s sickness got worse, she was transferred from Salaga to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for treatment.
According to the prosecution, a member of the Community Protection Unit of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) who was a witness to the incident, reported the matter to the Salaga Police, and this led to the arrest of the convict.
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