Nerve-jangling defilement cases hit Accra

The Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that defilement was the second highest number of criminal cases in the Accra metropolis in the first quarter of the year with 94 cases. These cases mostly involved grown ups having sexual intercourse with minors or children below 18 years.
Abdul Aziz, 32, and resident at Teshie-Nungua estate was on June 6, 2005 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for defilement and indecent assault on a 7 year old girl by a Cocoa Affairs court B1, in Accra, presided by His Highness Kwadwo Owusu.
According to the Accra Station Office of the Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU), of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Inspector Rita Narh, on June 28, 2005, the victim joined her mother to sell her goods.
She said at about 10 am the victim informed her mother that she was attending nature’s call. While she was returning, she met Abdul Aziz who took her to a nearby bathhouse at Novotel Lorry Park and bathe her.
Afterwards, he inserted his finger into her vagina and later had sex with her in the bathroom. After satisfying himself, he bathe her again and warned her not to inform anybody.
At 3.30pm, the accused later sent the victim to one Alhaji Bariwu at the Novotel Lorry Park to take care of the victim for a while. Alhaji then interviewed the victim and she revealed her ordeal leading to the arrest of Abdul who was detained at the Nima Police station.
The victim was medically examined and treated. The case was transferred to WAJU and after investigations the accused was charged before court. Abdul Aziz pleaded not guilty to both offences of indecent assault and defilement.
He was however tried and found guilty on both counts and sentenced to three years on count 1 and seven years on count 2.
Another 22-year-old resident of Adenta Sakora, Love Ametordzie, was on Friday June 17, 2005, sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in hard labor by a Cocoa Affairs court B1, for defiling a 14 year old girl.
According to the Accra Station Officer of the Women and Juvenile Unit, (WAJU) of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Inspector Rita Narh, on June 5, 2005 the victim was selling fried yam when the accused, Ametordzie bought ¢6,000 worth of yam.
She said Ametordzie thereafter gave the victim ¢20,000 but the victim said she had no change. Ametordzie then instructed the victim to follow him to his house for the money.
When they got to Ametordzie’s house, he ordered the victim to wait outside. The accused then entered his room and allegedly brought out a dagger and threatened his victim to enter his room or else he would stab her to death.
The poor victim had no other alternative than to enter the room. Ametordzie therefore forcibly had sex with her for three days. But on the June 7, 2005, the victim managed to escape home when the accused forgot to lock his door with the key.
A complaint was subsequently lodged at the Madina Police Station from where the victim was sent to the hospital for medical check up. The case was later transferred to WAJU leading to the arrest of the accused. When Ametordzie was put before court, he pleaded guilty to the defilement but denied the other offences. He was however convicted on his own plea