Porter remanded for having anal sex with minor

A head porter who is accused of having anal sex with a seven-year old boy at Community 18 on Wednesday appeared before an Accra circuit court.

Nicolas Dzifanu, 20, charged with defiling a child, has pleaded guilty.

The court, presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, has remanded Dzifanu into a remand home until April 6. Prosecuting, Detective Kofi Atimbire said the victim's mother was the complainant.

According to Inspector Atimbire, the accused person lives with the complainant at Community 18.

On March 3, this year, at about 1900 hours, the complainant wanted to bathe the victim but could not find him. Prosecution said the complainant, therefore, searched for the victim until midnight.

While searching for the victim, the accused person’s grandmother alerted the complainant that she heard the accused person conversing with the victim earlier.

Based on that information, prosecution said the complainant walked into the accused person’s room to ascertain the whereabouts of the victim where she met the accused having anal sex with the victim and she raised the alarm.

Dzifanu was apprehended and escorted to the Baatsona Police Station where the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) gave a medical form to send the victim to the hospital.

When the complainant brought the medical report endorsed by a medical officer, the accused was charged and during interrogation he admitted the offence