Tema, Sept. 8, GNA - A 65-year-old American retired teacher accused of having unnatural canal knowledge of seven minors, was on Monday remanded in prison custody by the Tema Circuit Court 'A'.

Patrick Kent Labash, who pleaded not guilty to one count of having unnatural canal knowledge and seven counts of defiling the victims, would re-appear in court on September 22, 2009.

The prosecution told the court presided over by Mrs Lorinda Owusu that the Regional Director of the Department of Women and Children's Affairs, Accra Secretariat, was the complainant in the case.

Police Chief Inspector Matilda Tetteh said on August 25, the complainant held a sensitization programme on the Domestic Violence Act (Act 732), at Adjomanikope, where the accused person resides. Chief Inspector Tetteh said during the programme, information reached the complainant that Labash had been luring children, both boys and girls between the ages three and 12 years with food, candies and movies into his room.

The prosecution said in the room, Labash made the victims to suck his erected manhood, discharged semen into their mouths and forced them to swallow it while recording it on video.

Chief Inspector Tetteh further said Labash was arrested at a residence numbering ADJ 118 at Adjomanikope on August 29, 2009 after the complainant had reported the matter to the Tema Police Regional Command. She said at the house, the police found and seized a computer, a cell phone, pen drive, digital camera and other recording gadgets containing pornographic materials of him and the victims.

The prosecution showed printed copies of the pornographic materials to the presiding judge.

Chief Inspector Tetteh said while Labash denied the accusation, the victims confirmed it and narrated their ordeal to the Police during interrogation.