A 30-year-old mine worker, Atta Kwadwo, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Bekwai Circuit Court after being found guilty of defiling an eight-year-old girl at Manso Kumpese in the Ashanti Region.

The court, presided over by His Honour Isaac Appiatu, convicted Kwadwo of defilement of a child under 16 after hearing the prosecution’s case.

The prosecution told the court that the incident occurred at about 6 p.m. on July 10, 2026, when Kwadwo allegedly accosted the girl near a bathhouse at Manso Kumpese.

Following the trial, the court found him guilty and imposed a 14-year custodial sentence.

The offence falls under Section 101 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), as amended by Section 11 of Act 554, which criminalises defilement.

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