Court remands 25-year-old water supplier for allegedly defiling lawyer's daughter

Charged with two counts of defilement, the accused pleaded not guilty.

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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 25-year-old water supplier for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old daughter of a lawyer.

Michael Takyi claims he had sex with the victim on two occasions, but he was not responsible for the pregnancy.

Charged with two counts of defilement, Takyi, pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned to June 28, 2022.

Takyi was remanded because he did not know his house address and he told the court that he resided in an uncompleted building at Oyarifa.

Declining the accused person’s bail, the court said it also considered the gravity of the offence if found guilty.

“Please admit me to bail and I will go and stay with my sister,” the accused pleaded.

Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Maxwell Oppong, said the complainant was a lawyer residing in Accra and the father of the victim.

ASP Oppong said the accused used to live with the complainant and his family as a domestic worker between 2020 and 2022.

According to the prosecution, on June 2, this year, the complainant, and his wife detected change in the victim and quickly rushed her to a hospital. The victim was found to have been 26 weeks, and three days pregnant after a doctor's examination. 

It was said that when the victim was interrogated, she said between October and November 2021, Takyi forcibly had sex with her on two occasions.

The prosecution said during interrogation, the accused in his statement, admitted to having had sex with the victim on two occasions.