A small scale miner has appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a seven year-old girl.
Kofi Kwaw, 25, pleaded not guilty and was been remanded into prison custody.
Asi Asumama, unemployed, the complainant and mother of the victim, is a resident of Wasa Japa.
Detective Chief Inspector Oscar Amponsah said on August 24, 2015, around 0730 hours, the victim and two of her play mates went to the accused person�s room to watch television.
Chief Inspector Amponsah said whiles in the room, the victim�s play mates, went outside and left her and Kwaw behind.
The accused person then pulled the victim onto his bed and indecently abused her.
However, a witness who happened to passing behind Kwaw�s house at the time of the incident, saw him in the act, and reported the incident to the victim�s mother.
A report was made at the Wasa Akropong police station, where the complainant was given a medical form to send the victim to the hospital.
Later some sympathizers in Wasa Japa arrested the accused person from his hideout and handed him over to the police.
Source: GNA
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