Crime & Punishment of Saturday, 18 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgCourt bonds motor rider for defilementFile photoA seventeen-year-old motor rider, Francis Dzivenu, has been ordered to sign a 2,000 Ghana cedis bond to be of good behavior for 12 months or in default serve 3 years in a correctional home. Although Francis pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement when he earlier appeared before the Enchi District Magistrate court, the presiding judge Mr Eric Baah Boateng found him guilty at the end of a trial. Mr Boateng ordered the convict to compensate the victim with an amount of 1,000 Ghana cedis. The prosecution said the convict took advantage and lured the victim to his friend’s house at Achimfo and defiled her. He said on 28 August 2019, at about 1645 hours Francis was smoked from his hideout where he admitted the offence in his cautioned statement.

Source: GhanaWeb January 18, 2020 01:07 UTC