25-year-old trader jailed 15 years for defiling three-year-old girl with 1 cedi

A 25-year-old trader, Aliu Tahiru, has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor imprisonment by the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court for defiling a three-year-old girl in Somanya, Eastern Region. The court, led by Mr Kwesi Appiatse Abaidoo, convicted Tahiru on his own admission after pleading guilty to the offence of defilement. According to the prosecution, the incident occurred on November 2, 2026, when the victim's mother was searching for her daughter outside their residence.

The child emerged from Tahiru's room crying, holding a one cedi coin. The prosecution claimed the child disclosed to her mother that Tahiru had sexually abused her and given her the money. Upon examination, the mother found whitish fluid, suspected to be semen, in the child's vagina and on her clothing. The mother confronted Tahiru, but he managed to escape after removing his clothes and fleeing.

The mother, with the help of other residents, apprehended Tahiru at his employer's shop and handed him over to the police. A police medical report confirmed the child's condition, leading to Tahiru's conviction and sentencing.