A Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced Dennis Darf, a 30-year-old mason, to eight years in prison for defiling a minor.

Darf, who was charged with defilement, pleaded guilty to the offence.

The court was presided over by Judge Dora Eshun, who convicted and sentenced him based on his guilty plea.

The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyei, presented evidence that the complainant in the case is the father of the victim, a girl aged between 12 and 14-years-old.