THE REPUBLIC v. LODONU KWASI

JUDGEMENT

The accused person is charged, with defiling a female child under sixteen 16 years of

age Contrary to section 101(2) of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960, Act 29.

PARTICULARS of the offence are that Lodonu Kwasi, aged 31, Farmer, for that you,

somewhere in May 2020 at Nkwanta in the Oti region and within the jurisdiction of

this court, forcibly had sexual intercourse with Evergeline Adadzi a female child aged

BRIEF FACTS. The brief facts of the case are that complainant Charity Nseiwoono is

personnel of Ghana Fire Service, Hohoe and the victim is a 9_years old pupil of

Pusupu D.A Primary school whilst the accused person is farmer aged 31 also a

resident of Pusupu. Somewhere in May 2020 in the evening the victim and her two

friends were playing when the accused person called them to buy him food. When

they entered his room to collect the money, he quickly locked the door behind and

had sexual intercourse with the victim and thereafter gave them GHS5.00 each and

opened the door for them to go. On the May 19, 2020 the victim fell sick and finding

it difficult to walk and when questioned by the parents she mentioned the accusedperson as the one who had sexual intercourse with her. Complaint was lodged at the

Brewaniase Police station and the victim was issued with a Police medical form to

attend hospital for examination and treatment which she did and returned the form.

The accused person was later arrested and in his cautioned statement denied the

offence and after investigation he was charged with the offence to appear before the

honourable court.

THE CASE OF PROSECUTION.

The prosecution called in all Four(4) witnesses in support of her case namely, the

victim mother Charity Nseiwoono as (PW1), The investigator D. Inspector David

Dzotepe as (PW2), The victim Evergeline Adazi as (PW3), and Georgina Amankwa

aka Asata Efua as the fourth prosecution witness (PW4).

The testimony of PW1 was that victim is her daughter living at Hohoe as a staff of

Ghana Fire Service. That she had a call in May 2020 from her sister that something is

happening to her daughter so she should come and question her daughter. That she

came down to Pusupu and during her interrogation with the daughter the daughter

told her that the accused Lodonu Kwasi popularly called Papa Adzido had had sexual

intercourse with her a week earlier. That she reported the matter to the Police at

Brewaniase and she was issued with medical form to send the vic