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87-year-old man jailed 20 years for defiling 9-year-old girl at Ofankor
The Police said preliminary investigations indicated that on August 29, 2026, the girl’s mother returned from work and noticed bloodstains on her daughter’s clothing.
The Police said the alleged abuse was witnessed by the accused’s granddaughter on August 31, 2026.
An 87-year-old man, Yaw Gahornu, has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a nine-year-old girl at Ofankor, a suburb of Accra.
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