The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Gomoa East District Command in the Central Region has arrested 52-year-old Ebenezer Atuobi Asante, an electrician, for defiling his 10-year-old stepdaughter at Nyanyano.
According to Police report, the victim (name withheld) has been staying with the suspect for the past three (3) years due to the demise of the biological father.
The mother, Akua Asantewa, however left the daughter in the care of the stepfather for the final funeral rites of the late husband.
The suspect took advantage of Akua Asantewa’s absence and defiled the 10-year-old on multiple occasions.
Assistant Superintendent of Police at the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit in Kasoa, ASP Doris Laryea Aggrey, confirming the report revealed that the victim, upon realizing she could not bear the trauma she was going through any longer, confided in her school proprietress, who in turn made an official report at the Police station.
ASP Laryea also added that a doctor’s examination conducted on the victim confirmed that the victim’s hymen had been broken due to several penetrations.
The suspect was rounded up on Monday, 24th May 2021, and would be arraigned before court today Wednesday, 26th May 2021.
