A 30-year-old washing bay attendant at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old student in a bush.
The convict, Richard Amissah, popularly known as IGP, pleaded guilty with an explanation of the offence when he appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court.
Prosecuting, Police Sergeant Dominic Appiah Kusi, told the court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu that the complainant was a hairdresser, residing at Booboobo with the victim who is her daughter, while the convict lives in Akoon.
On Saturday, September 7, 2024, at about 1800 hours, the complainant sent the victim to a Senior High School in Tarkwa to give provisions to her elder sister, and she obliged.