Nsuta Circuit Court in Ghana has
ordered a Senior High School (SHS) teacher accused of raping a first year
student in the very school, where he teaches, to be held in police custody.
The plea of the Joseph Marfo, 48,
was not taken and he was ordered to make his next appearance on Thursday,
February 23
.
.
Police Chief Inspector Nana
Boamah told the court, presided over by the Madam Lydia Osei Marfo, that the incident
happened on January 08.
Saint Joseph SHS in
Asante-Mampong, where the accused has been teaching home economics was
reopening on that day and he had called to convince the mother of the victim to
allow her to join his daughter in house so that the pair could report together
to school the next day.
The prosecution said the girl
arrived at the Mampong lorry terminal at about 15:30 hours and Marfo sent his
house help to go and bring her in.
As night fell, he showed her to a
room and whilst there the accused entered and put out the light, something that
made her to become suspicious.
The student told the teacher that
she wanted to go out to urinate to use that as an opportunity to escape, but
that did not work out as he readily provided her with a chamber pot.
The prosecution said the girl
politely declined the use of the chamber pot and went back to sleep.
All of a sudden, Marfo grabbed
and raped her.
She informed her school mates the
next morning about her painful experience and waited until February 05, when
the mother visited, to tell her everything.
The mother officially reported
the matter to the police and he was arrested.
He said the accused in his
caution statement admitted having had sex with the victim but insisted it was
consensual.
Source: GNA
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