An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 31-year-old teacher, Fedelix Kogbe, to 12 years imprisonment for defiling a 15-year-old pupil.
Kogbe, who was charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty.
Kogbe was said to have defiled the victim on December 7, 2019, at Dome in Accra.
The prosecution’s case was that the complainant was the victim’s father.
They all lived at Dome.
According to the prosecutor, Kogbe was the victim’s former teacher.
On December 7, 2019, at about 0800 hours, the complainant left the victim at home and went to town.
The prosecution said the victim invited Kogbe to her house to install software on her laptop. The victim was home alone when Kogbe visited, and they sat on the victim’s bed.
The prosecutor told the court that after Kogbe had finished installing the software on the laptop, he kissed the victim and had sexual intercourse with her.
The prosecution said the complainant returned home at about 1100 hours and heard a male voice in the victim’s room.
When the complainant knocked and opened the door, he saw the victim in a different dress from what she was wearing when he left the house, which made him suspicious.
The prosecutor said when the complainant entered the bedroom, he saw pieces of tissue paper on the floor, picked and sniffed them, adding, “it smelled like sperm.”
The complainant searched the bedroom and found Kogbe hiding in the victim’s wardrobe naked.
The prosecution said the complainant locked Kogbe and the victim in the house and reported the incident to the police.
The prosecutor said Kogbe was arrested and, in his caution statement to the police, claimed that he took off his shirt because the victim’s bedroom was warm and that he only kissed her.
The prosecution said investigations revealed that Kogbe had sexual intercourse with the victim, who was 15 years old at the time of the incident.
However, the court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann found Kogbe guilty at the end of the trial and sentenced him accordingly.
