Ho, May 15, GNA-A Ho Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Ernest Obimpeh on Friday remanded Lance Corporal Abdul Rahaman Issah of the Volta Regional Police Headquarters in Police custody for defiling a 13-year old pupil.

Issah's plea was not taken and would be brought back to Court on May 22, this year.

Police Chief Inspector Peter Insiedu told the Court that the victim lives with her parents and siblings at Dome, a suburb of Ho. He said on Saturday, May 9 this year, Issah met the victim on her way back home from an errand and gave her a lift to her house and gave her his complimentary card for her to call him. Mr Insiedu said on Sunday May 10, Issah spotted the victim around the Ghana Telecom junction on her way to a barbering shop and engaged her in conversation.

He said in the process, Issah took the victim to his house at the SSNIT Flats where he forcibly had sex with her resulting in blood stains on the bed sheet.

The Prosecution said Issah asked the victim to wash the bed sheet which she did and he gave her two cedis. He said Issah hired a taxi and took the victim to the barbering shop and saw her halfway to her home.

The Prosecution said the victim narrated her ordeal to her mother upon reaching home and a formal complaint was made to the Police leading to Issah's arrest. 15 May 09