A 21-year-old driver’s mate has been slapped with an eight-year jail sentence by an Accra Circuit Court for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in two different guest houses in Accra.
Absalon Toboase, charged with two counts of defilement, pleaded not guilty.
The court presided over by Christina Cann at the end of the trial found him guilty.
The court said in sentencing Toboase, it considered the intrinsic seriousness and the gravity of the offence.
According to the court, it also considered the fact that the accused person had had no brush with the law.
The prosecution led by Superintendent of Police Agnes Boafo said the complainant is a trader residing at Mamprobi in Accra.
She told the Court that the victim stays with the complainant. Toboase was also residing at Lapaz in Accra.
The prosecution said Toboase and the victim who met on Facebook, had been friends for some time.
It said about a month ago, Toboase lured the victim with a love proposal on the social media site and arranged to meet her at Lapaz.
The prosecution said on January 7, 2023, Toboase met the victim, took her to a guest house, had sex with her and promised to marry her.
It said on the night of February 3, 2023, the victim packed some of her belongings, sneaked out of the complainant’s house and went to stay with Toboase.
The prosecution said the following the day, the victim arrived at Lapaz and met Toboase who took her to another guest house and had sex with her for the second time.
It said the complainant reported the absence of the victim from her house to the Police.
At the Police Station, the prosecution said the complainant received a call from the victim who informed her that she was at Mamprobi with Toboase.
It said the Police accompanied the complainant to Mamprobi and Toboase was arrested.
The prosecution said a Police medical report form was given to the complainant to seek medical care for the victim.