Man sentenced to 114 years for sodomising children
We are bringing psychologists to erase the man-to-man see they have had in their mind. These are just six years and above boys,”
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A 23-year old man, Kwame Amponsah, has been served a jail term of 114 years by the Mpraeso Circuit Court for sodomising 12 school children at Jejeti Atewase in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region.
According to prosecutors, he will serve seven years each for the case involving the first two pupils and 10 years each for 10 other pupils who reported their case later.
The school pupils are said to be between the ages of 6 and 12 years and in Primary Two to Four.
He was arrested during a community engagement at Atewase by the Social Welfare and Community Development under its Child Protection Programme in selected MMDAs across the country.
“We had a tip-off that a young man in the community was sexually abusing school children. So with the help of some elders and the assembly member of the electoral area, we arrested the young guy,” Victor Feyi, the Unit Head of Community Development under the Social Welfare Department in Jejeti Atewase said.
Kwame Amponsah is said to be a barber known to provide free haircuts to several school pupils in the community.
He is said to also lure pupils with videos on his phone.
The victims are set to undergo psychological examinations to help them deal with the trauma.
“We are bringing psychologists to erase the man-to-man see they have had in their mind. These are just six years and above boys,” Mr. Feyi added.
