Contractor
remanded over rape of epileptic girl
Contractor remanded over rape of epileptic girl
Tema {Greater Accra} 05 April 2000.
A Tema Circuit Tribunal on Monday
remanded a 36-year-old stone contractor at Ashaiman in prison custody for
allegedly raping an 18-year-old epileptic. John Tokpa, who pleaded not guilty,
will re-appear on April 10.
The Prosecution told the tribunal,
chaired by Mr. R.C. Azumah, that while the victims parent let for work on 30
March and she was relaxing in an uncompleted structure in the House, Tokpa
allegedly entered the room, removed her panties, and started having sex with
her.
She cried out and one Emmanuel
Mensah, who lives in the same house, peeped through a window and saw the
accused in the act. The prosecution said Mensah then called Miss Georgina Osei
Owusu, a co-tenant, who raised an alarm, compelling the accused to hide in one
of the uncompleted rooms in the house. People rushed to the scene, arrested
Tokpa and sent him to the Ashaiman police station.
According to the prosecution, the
victim's father later detected that there was semen on the girl's thighs and on
the foam mattress on which she was lying.
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