12 Years for French teacher who defiled pupil during private lessons

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old teacher to 12 years' imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old pupil.

Chief Inspector Godsway Kromoah, who prosecuted the case, told the court that the complainant, a 43-year-old businesswoman, lives at Combine, a suburb of Akosombo, with her 12-year-old daughter, a Class Six pupil.

The court sentenced him to 12 years' imprisonment, describing the punishment as a deterrent against sexual offences involving children and other vulnerable persons.