A court in the Eastern Region has sentenced a 25-year-old trader, Aliu Tahiru, to 15 years' imprisonment with hard labour after he admitted
A court in the Eastern Region has sentenced a 25-year-old trader, Aliu Tahiru, to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour after he admitted to defiling a three-year-old girl in a suburb of Somanya. The sentence was reported on Thursday, 12 November 2026.
Tahiru appeared before the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court, presided over by Kwesi Appiatse Abaidoo.
He pleaded guilty to defilement, contrary to Section 101 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and the court convicted him on that plea before passing sentence.
Prosecuting, ASP George Nana Akomeah, the Somanya District Police Commander, told the court that the offence happened on 2 November 2026.
According to the prosecution, the child’s mother noticed that her daughter was distressed after she came out of Tahiru’s room. The little girl then told her mother what he had done to her.
The mother and other residents of the area went after the suspect and found him at his employer’s shop; they caught him and handed him over to the police.
The prosecution said Tahiru confessed to the offence while being questioned by the police and repeated the admission in his caution statement. He was then charged and brought before the court.
The conviction and sentence followed his guilty plea, which means the case ended without a full trial.
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