Mechanic gets seven-year jail term for defilement

A 37-year-old mechanic has been jailed for seven years by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso municipality of the Ashanti region for defiling a 16-year-old girl at Kronom in the Suame municipality.

Collins Adu pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement but was convicted after a full trial of the case.

The facts of the case, as presented by Police Chief Inspector David Opoku Kwabi to the court presided over by Jephthah Appau, are that the complainant, Simon Appiah, was the grandfather of the victim.

He said on April 09, 2025, at about 5:00 pm, the victim was on her way to the complainant’s vulcanising shop and met the convict. The convict lured her into his room, inserted his finger into her vagina, had sex with her, gave her GHS10, and asked her to return home.

When the victim got home, the complainant questioned where she had been, and she explained her ordeal and led the complainant to Adu’s place of abode. Later, her auntie, Rita, examined her and detected blood and some whitish discharge suspected to be semen around her vagina.

A report was therefore made to the Suame Police, so Adu was arrested, and during three identification parades conducted by the police, the victim identified Adu as her abuser.

In his caution statement, he denied the offence, but after further police investigations, he was charged and brought before the court.