An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a community police officer with the Airport Police Station for defiling a 10-year-old girl.
State owned Graphic reported that the convict, Bright Dzebu, was sentenced to 15 years after a full trial.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement but was found guilty by the court, presided over by Christiana Cann.
It was the view of the court that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubts and established that the convict had lured the girl into his room and had unprotected sex with her.
Delivering her judgement, Mrs Cann described Dzebu as a menace and threat to society who needed to be put away immediately.
According to her, it was important to slap the convict with a harsher sentence to serve as a deterrent to people who may want to tow that same path.
She believes this is the only way the country could protect young girls and women from the preying eyes of men like Dzebu.
She described the action of Dzebu as “animalistic” and therefore he must be dealt with ruthlessly.
“He is a dangerous homosapien who needs to be put away immediately. He did not show mercy to the little child and therefore he does not deserve mercy,” the presiding judge added.
Facts
The facts of the case as narrated by DSP Agnes Boafo was that the victim together with her aunt lived in the same neighbourhood with Dzebu.
In October last year, the aunt of the girl went for a funeral, leaving the girl behind.
“Dzebu took advantage of her absence and lured the victim into his room and forcibly had unprotected sexual intercourse with her”, as stated in the facts.
DSP Boafo said Dzebu warned the girl not to disclose what had happened to anyone, including her aunt.
“However, during the early days of December, the victim fell sick and complained of severe abdominal pains and when quizzed by the complainant, narrated her ordeal to her”, DSP Boafo said.
The victim’s aunt reported the case to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) where a police medical form report was issued to take the victim to a government hospital for examination and treatment.
The medical examination revealed that indeed the victim had been defiled.
During the course of investigations, Dzebu was arrested and he admitted the offence in the investigation.
In an unsworn evidence to the court, Dzebu revealed he indeed had sex with the victim once and that he did not know what came over him.