Tag: Custody

A 20-year- old tricycle (Aboboyaa) rider has been remanded into Police custody by the Asante Abuakwa circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, for allegedly, defiling a 13-year-old girl at Pokukrom, near Abuakwa.  Yakubu Mohammed, pleaded not guilty and will reappear before the court presided by Mrs Philomina Asiedu, on February 21, this year.  Police Chief Inspector Joseph Nyame prosecuting told the court that, the complainant, Emmanuel Appiah was the uncle of the victim, who had been taken care of her since she stopped schooling from the Abuakwa R/C basic school due to a health condition.  He said, on January 22, this year, at about 1830 hours, the complainant sent the victim to buy baby diapers from a nearby shop, but she kept long and returned traumat...