22-year-old cab driver jailed 15 years with hard labour for defiling teenage girl

A 15-year imprisonment term has been slapped by Tarkwa Circuit Court on a cab driver who pretended to be a stream god and defiled a 15-year-old girl. The judgment is accompanied by hard labour.

The 22-year-old Raphael Agyiri pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement.

Prosecuting, Chief Superintendent of police Alex Odonkor told the court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu that the complainant is related to the victim and lives in Bogoso, while Agyiri is a resident at Kokoase, all in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality.

According to Superintendent of police Alex Odonkor, on June 2, 2022, at about 6:30 pm, Agyiri met the victim in the bush close to a stream at Adjeikrom, a suburb of Bogoso in the western region, when she was running an errand.

The prosecutor said, Agyiri professed his love for the victim and wanted to instil fear in her so he could have sexual intercourse with the victim.

Chief Superintendent Odonkor said the convict then posed himself as the god of the stream that flows within the area and warned her that if she failed to have sex with him, she would die within two weeks.
He said the victim, who became frightened as she had not seen Agyiri before, cried out for assistance, but no one came to her aid.

The court heard that the convict then dragged the victim to the nearby bush and forcibly had sexual intercourse with her, after which he escorted the victim to her house and later absconded.

Chief Superintendent Odonkor said when the victim got home, she began experiencing vaginal and lower abdominal pain and she recounted every detail of what happened to the grandmother.

On June 4, 2022, at about noon, the victim saw Agyiri, the cab dricerwithin their vicinity and quickly raised an alarm, and he was arrested and handed over to the police in Bogoso for investigation.

Prosecution said a medical form was issued to the complainant on behalf of the victim to seek medical treatment and report. After the full trial, the court found Agyiri guilty of the offence and sentenced him accordingly.

Additionally, the court ordered him to pay a compensation of GH 10,000 to the victim.

Reporting by Isaac Hughes for Asaase News in the Western Region 

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