Daily Graphic 24 ? 06 - 99

Man, 47 Rapes Niece, 9

The Daily Graphic carries two shocking headlines on its front pages.

The first reads : "Man, 47 Rapes Niece, 9" and the second: "Ghanaian Student Jailed For Fraud in Liverpool"

In the first story the police are said to have arrested a 47-year-old man who allegedly raped his nine-year-old niece.

Forensic evidence has it that Lamptey Boye, is infected with the STD gonorrhoea. According to the report the suspect who lives at Palm Wine Junction in Accra, allegedly invited the innocent child to his room to pass the night since her mother had gone out and was late in returning.

Lamptey, instead of protecting his niece, as would have been expected of an uncle, rather jumped on her at dawn and assaulted her. After molesting the youngster Lamptey threatened her with death should she disclose what happened to anybody. The victim who was bleeding at the time rushed out of the room to her aunt and narrated her ordeal the paper said.

The victim and her aunt went to the police who arrested Lamptey and handed him over to the Women and Juvenile Unit for further investigations.

Upon interrogation Lamptey with blood stains all over his underpants claimed that when he invited the victim to his room he laid a mat on the floor for her. He however claimed that later in the night, the girl climbed the bed and lay at his side. He said when he started having sex with the girl she was crying initially, but later stopped so he thought she was enjoying the act.

Both Lamptey and the girl were taken to the Police hospital where it was confirmed that he suffers from gonorrhoea. Meanwhile the girl has been refereed to the Trust Hospital for further diagnosis and treatment.

 

Ghanaian Student Jailed For Fraud in Liverpool

 

In the other story, the Graphic reports that 25-year old Kwame Obeng-Amoo, one of the main figures in a Liverpool-based gang of fraudsters, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment.

According to the report a Liverpool Crown Court which jailed Obeng-Amoo said he would be allowed to stay in Britain after his sentence because the judge believes, he could make a useful contribution to the society.

The Graphic quoting the British Daily Post of June15, says Obeng-Amoo?s imprisonment is a major coup for a specialist Merseyside Police team set up specially to deal with West African criminals which may have creamed off almost ?400,000 from banks, building societies and credit companies.

They are reported to have operated across England and Scotland using numerous false identities to help them carry through the frauds.

The arrest of Obeng-Amoo is believed to have led to the collapse of a highly organised and efficient gang of fruadsters who operate scams across Britain melting almost half a million ponds.

At the Liverpool Crown Courts on June14, reports say Obeng Amoo whose father was a high ranking official at the Ghana High Commission in London, admitted a charge of conspiracy and fraud. Sentencing him, Judge Ian Campbell said, "it seems to me that you must have been an important figure in this conspiracy and it could not have gone on without you".

 

 

Ministry, GES lose $12m due to inertia.

 

The banner headline in the Graphic however reads: "Ministry, GES lose $12m due to inertia." The story has it that the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) lost about $12 million donor funds last year due to the failure of the GES to respond promptly to deadlines.

 

According to the Graphic the GES was unable to provide certain information requested by the donors which had been agreed upon between the ministry the GES and the donors. It said its investigations have revealed that but for the timely intervention of some members of staff of the Ministry and the GES the service would have lost $40 million from the IDA and the African Development Fun, for similar reasons this year.

A source close to the GES is reported as saying the frequent loss of donor funds, as a result of the inertia of some staff of the GES has become a source of worry to the council as it impacts negatively on the development of education in the country.

The Graphic source said in view of the seriousness of the issue, the sector Minster, Mr. Ekow Spio Gabrah has requested the GES Council to set up a committee to inquire into the periodic losses of donor funds.

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