The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court in the Eastern Region has sentenced a 25-year-old trader, Aliu Tahiru, to 15 years' imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a three-year-old girl in a suburb of Somanya, reported on Thursday 12 November 2026.
The court, presided over by Kwesi Appiatse Abaidoo, convicted Tahiru on his own plea after he pleaded guilty to defilement, contrary to Section 101 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
The prosecutor, ASP George Nana Akomeah, the Somanya District Police Commander, told the court that the offence took place on 2 November 2026. The child's mother found her crying and holding a GH¢1 coin after she came out of Tahiru's room, and the child told her that he had abused her, the prosecution said. The mother and other residents later caught Tahiru at his employer's shop and handed him over to the police.