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Teye Fredi, a 25-year-old vulcanizer, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Koforidua Circuit Court for defiling a three-year old girl. Teye pleaded guilty and was sentenced on his own plea by the court, presided over by Ms Wilhelmina Hammond. Police Inspector Patrick Adzadza, told the court that the complainant was a trader and the grandmother of the victim and both parties live in the same house at Boti, near Obawale. He said on August 28, the complainant and the victim returned from church and after having lunch, she decided to attend a funeral in town but she could not find the victim. Police Inspector Adzadza said the complainant then heard the voice of the victim in Teye�s room and forced Teye�s door open where she saw the victimbsitting on Teye�s lap naked. He said the complainant then raised the alarm and people rushed to the scene and when interrogated Teye confessed that he had defiled the victim. He said Teye was then arrested and sent to the police station, where a medical form was issued to the complainant to send the victim to the hospital for examination. Police Inspector Adzadza said Teye was later handed over to the Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) and after investigation, he was charged with the offence.