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21.12.2009 Crime & Punishment

Man-Woman In Court

By Daily Guide
Christian BoatengChristian Boateng
21.12.2009 LISTEN

Christian Boateng, a 20-year-old man who posed as a female prostitute, would this morning appear before the James Town Magistrate court in Accra.

Boateng, who uses several female names such as Jacqueline, Ama Pokuwaa, Serwaa and Angela, would be charged under Section 29 (Act 60) of the criminal code for persistently soliciting sex in public and misdemeanour, which could land him six months in jail. He was arrested last week by the Dansoman police.

Boateng, who hails from Asante-Bekwai in Kumasi, said he first started practising prostitution in Kumasi until he relocated to Accra recently. He claims he attended the Toasi Senior High School in Kumasi and was introduced into prostitution by some of his senior school mates.

He said he charged between GH¢20 to GH¢50 and could make up to GH¢60 a day, stressing that he was aware of the deadly HIV/AIDS disease. “I am fully aware and that is why I always demand that a client wears a condom before sex,” he said, adding that, “no condom, no sex.”

It would be recalled that Christian, aka Jacqueline, was said to have charged a client GH¢20 for a night but could not render the services when the man refused to have anal sex.

According to sources, the customer then demanded his money back but Boateng who claimed his time had been wasted, refused, thereby resulting in a fierce fight in front of their hotel.

With the intervention of the Dansoman police patrol that was attracted to the commotion, the two were separated and Jaqueline was arrested.

Upon interrogation, Boateng confessed to being cross-dresser and practising prostitution, adding that he had been in the business, which he started from Kumasi, for the past four years.

The customer who also narrated his side of the story to the police stated that he picked Jacqueline at Nkrumah circle and bargained to pay GH¢20.

“When we got into the room, I realised that he was a man and not a woman as he claimed.”

He said, “I then demanded for my money since I cannot afford to pay twenty Ghana cedis and fuck anus”, adding that “Jacqueline refused to return my money, which then resulted in the fight”.

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