THE Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced an 18-year-old footballer, Augustine Appiah, to a 20-year jail term for defilement.
Appiah pleaded not guilty to the charge but the prosecution was able to prove its case.
Presenting the facts to the court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel Amo-Yartey, the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Comfort Baffuor-Kyei, said both the victim and the convict lived very close to each other at Abuakwa-Maakro in Kumasi.
She said on December 15, 2009, Appiah took undue advantage of the absence of the victim’s father from the house and forcibly had sex with her on the floor in her father’s room.
When her father arrived, the victim narrated the incident to him and he, in turn, reported the matter to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Police Service in Kumasi.
Appiah was arrested three days after the incident.
A police medical form was issued to the victim, who returned it duly endorsed by a medical officer.
According to the prosecution, a police report stated that the convict had admitted the offence in his caution statement. However, during the trial in chambers, the convict alleged that the victim was his girlfriend.
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