GRi In Court 06-04-99

Man 20 jailed 12 years for defilement

Brekuso chief granted bail

Odumase-Krobo (Eastern Region), 6th April 

The Odumase Krobo circuit court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel H. Ampadu, on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old unemployed to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 12 year old girl.

The accused, Robert Teye Djornorbach pleaded guilty and was sentenced on his own plea.

The facts of the case are that, at about 1900 hours on 12th March this year, the complainant, was sent to collect corn-dough from a house nearby by the grandmother with whom she lives at Salusi, in Somanya.

While on her way the complainant saw the accused person who stays in the same area sitting on a window frame near where she was sent.

When the accused saw that the complainant had entered the house, where she was to collect the corn dough, he rushed into the house held the complainant and gagged her with a rag.

The accused then removed the pants of the complainant and defiled her.

After satisfying himself, the accused released the complainant and warned her not to inform anybody about what he had done to her.

The grandmother realising that the complainant had kept long on her errand, sent madam Josephine Kudzordzi, an auntie of the complainant fetch her.

Madam Kudzodzi met the complainant on the way weeping with a swollen face and when she questioned her, the complainant narrated her ordeal.

Odumase-Krobo (Eastern Region) 6th April =9199 - The Odumase-Krobo circuit court last Thursday granted bail of two million cedis with one surety to be justified respectively, to the chief of Brekuso, Nana Oteng Korankye, and four others.

The Brekusuhene and the four accused persons are before the court for various offences involving the stealing of the black stool of the Asuna Royal Family of Brekuso near Aburi.

The first accused Edward Akotua was charged with stealing, Nicholas Kweku Martey the second accused was charged with abetment of crime while the third accused Akosua Obena was charged with dishonestly receiving the black stool of the Asuna Royal Family of Brekusu.

Nana Abena Djanwaa, Queenmother of the Brekusu Asuna Royal family and the chief of Brekusu who are the fourth and fifth accused persons respectively in the case, are charged with dishonestly receiving.

They all pleaded not guilty to the charges, and will re-appear on April 16.

The case against the accused is that in June 1998, Akotua went and threatened his mother Nana Akosua Oye, who is the complainant with a cutlass in her house.

Nana Oye managed to escape from the house and travelled to Accra to report the conduct of the son to her brother.

In her absence, Akotua in the company of Martey broke into the room of Nana Oye and stole the Black stool of the Asuna Royal Family of Brekusu, which had officially been in the care of Nana Oye for over 16 years.

Akotua and Martey took the stool to Obena to keep.

Later Obena, directed the two to take the stool to Nana Abena Djanwaa, who also asked them to send it to the chief of Brekuso for safe-keeping.