Girl, 11, dies after being defiled by 30-year-old farmer

Hohoe (V/R), Jan. 21, GNA- An 11-year-old pupil from Akpafu-Odomi in the Hohoe District of the Volta Region, who was allegedly defiled by a 30-year-old farmer last week, has died at the Ho Regional hospital. According to a police source, the farmer whose name is being withheld is on the run.

Three relatives of the victim who tried to settle the incident at home are helping the police in their investigations. Their names are however, being withheld, police said.

The body of the victim has been deposited at the Hohoe Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy.

The source said the victim was admitted at the hospital last Wednesday after the ordeal but was later transferred to the Ho Regional Hospital where she died and the body was returned to the Hohoe hospital for mortuary, the source said.

The police are hunting for the suspect who is alleged to be a relation of the victim.