15
Sep
A 40-year-old barber has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for having sex with an 11-year-old girl. Kwabena Acheampong, alias Appiatus, denied defiling the victim but he was found culpable after the trial. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Stephen Ofori told the Court presided over by Mr Isaac Apeatu that the complainant was the father of the class five pupil and Acheampong’s neighbour. He said on March 14, 2022, at about 1800 hours, the girl was returning home after she had gone out to play with her friends. Acheampong then lured her…