23-year-old sentenced over defilement
A 23-year-old Felix Agbodzi, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old girl.
He pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted on his own plea.
Inspector Felix Kwao, Public Relations Officer, Volta North Regional Police Command, Hohoe in a release copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said preliminary investigations revealed that the convict lured the victim to his residence, where he subjected her to sexual abuse.
He said the convict was arrested on April 13, 2026 and arraigned in the Hohoe Circuit Court presided over by Mr Lambert Y. Kariba on the charge of defilement, contrary to section 101 (2) of the Criminal Offences Act of Ghana, 1960 (Act 29).