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June 15, 2023
CIRCUIT COURT
CORAM
Three Pleas and Charges are Read and
Explained to Accused Person in Twi
Count 1
Statement of Offence
Defilement of a child under sixteen years of age: contrary to section 101(2) of the
Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).
Particulars of Offence
Anthony Ayew: shop attendant: on 25th day of December 2022 at about 8:00 pm at
Agbobloshie in the Greater Accra Circuit and within the jurisdiction of this court, you carnally knew Bakita Musam, a female child 15 years at the time of the
incident.
Accused Plea: Guilty
Count 2
Statement of Offence
Defilement of a child under sixteen years of age: contrary to section 101(2) of the
Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).
Particulars of Offence
Anthony Ayew: shop attendant: In the month of February 2023 at Agbobloshie in the
Greater Accra Circuit and within the jurisdiction of this court, you carnally knew Bakita
Musam, a female child 15 years at the time of the incident.
Accused Plea: Guilty
Count 3
Statement of Offence
Indecent assault: contrary to section 103 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 Act 29.
Particulars of Offence
Anthony Ayew: shop attendant: In the month of February 2023 at Agbobloshie in the
Greater Accra Circuit and within the jurisdiction of this court, you indecently assaulted
Bakita Musam by sucking her breast.
Accused Plea: Guilty
Prosecutor
[Reads out the facts].
By Court
Mr. Ayew, did anyone pressure you, encourage or advise you to plead guilty?
Accused Person
No. I have a step-mother. My mother’s younger sister and my elder brother. My mother
doesn’t live here. I stay with my brother. My mother is at Anyinam. I work in a shop at
Makola - we sell thread to braid hair and for designs. I have a wife and one child. We
live together at Agbogloshie in the same house as the survivor. My child is one-and-ahalf- years old. What I have to say is, I want to apologise to the victim’s parents.
By Court
What about the victim?
Accused Person
I want to apologise to the victim’s parents and the victim.
Victim’s Mother
I don’t know what to say (begins to cry).
Victim’s Impact Statement
On Christmas day, in December 2022, the accused person came to stand in front of my
room and asked me to come. I said I would not come. When I came out again and he
was still standing there. He called me again and I said I would not come. Then he held
my hand, took me to his room and put me on his bed and started undressing me. I
stood up and he pushed me back on the bed. When he finishe
AI Generated Summary
Her Honour Judge Dora G. A. Inkumsah Eshun presided over the criminal proceedings against Anthony Ayew, a 22-year-old shop attendant living at Agbobloshie with the complainantfifteen-year-old Bakita Musam. Ayew pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement under section 101(2) and one count of indecent assault under section 103 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). After confirming the voluntariness of the plea, the court applied sentencing guidelines, finding multiple aggravating factors: vulnerability, violation of a safe place, the long duration and repeated attacks, greater psychological injury, violation of a customary taboo, and a significant age difference. The court imposed 15 years on each defilement count and 6 months for indecent assault, to run concurrently, with hard labour at Nsawam. Ancillary orders included referral to counselling at DOVVSU, compensation of 500 penalty units, payment of medical bills, and a refund of GH700 by Dr. Michael Ofosu Atuah under Domestic Violence Act sections 8(3)-(4).