A 23-year-old carpenter has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl at Ashalaja in the Greater Accra Region.
Christopher Kavi, who pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement, was convicted and sentenced by the Gender Based Violence Court housed at the Ghana Police Service headquarters.
The complainant, a trader and mother of the victim, revealed that Kavi, the complainant, and the victim all resided in the same vicinity at Ashalaja. The accused person was a friend to the complainant and the victim.
According to the prosecution led by Detective Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyei, on December 19, 2023, the victim told her mother that she would be attending church service. The victim, on her way to church, received a call from Kavi claiming he was sick, so she promised to visit him after church.
As the church was about to close, the victim left the church premises and went to Kavi’s house at about 8:30pm. Kavi took the victim to his room, where he kissed her and had sex with her after she sat on his bed due to the absence of a chair in the room.
The prosecutor stated that after the act, Kavi went to escort the victim to her house because it was late at night. The complainant and other family members, who were searching for the victim, met Kavi and the victim. Kavi was apprehended by the complainant and her family members and sent to Danchira Police Station. The victim was later issued a medical report to seek medical care.
Upon careful investigations and the endorsement of the medical report by the Medical Doctor, Kavi was charged and eventually sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
