Court orders Police to publish absconding pensioner’s photograph
The Court last week issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Emmanuel John Kwesi Mensah Dadson for failing to appear in court.
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to publish the picture of a 66-year-old pensioner accused of defiling four minors at Lashibi in the Tema West Municipality.
The Court last week issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Emmanuel John Kwesi Mensah Dadson for failing to appear in court.
When the matter was called on Monday, the accused person has not been arrested, hence the order to publish a picture of the accused person in the media.
Dadson, who is said to have defiled the victims aged five, 10, 11, and 12 in turns on separate occasions, is facing four counts of defilement.
The matter has therefore been adjourned to February 28.
According to the facts, the accused person is a retiree residing at a church premises at Lashibi, and the complainants, victims, and the accused have known each other for the past four years.
Based on the said friendship, the victims visited the accused person to assist them with their homework and watch television in his wooden structure close to the church.
The accused person is said to have lured the victims into his room, and sexually molested the victims in turns.
On November 11, 2022, the complainants reported the matter to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit, the court heard.
