87-year-old man jailed for 20 years with onerous labour for illegal carnal information of nine-year-old woman

The Ghanaian police have secured a 20-year jail sentence with onerous labour for an 87-year-old man who was convicted of defiling a nine-year-old woman at Ofankor, a suburb of Accra.

Preliminary investigations by the police point out that on August 29, the complainant returned from work and observed stains on the clothes of her nine-year-old daughter. Upon questioning the kid, she disclosed that the accused particular person, Yaw Gahornu, had allegedly subjected her to repeatedacts of carnal violation between July and August 2026.

Further investigation additionally revealed that the suspect allegedly lured the kid to his sleeping quarters and threatened to execute her if she disclosed the alleged abuse to her mom.

The accused particular person, Yaw Gahornu, was charged and arraigned earlier than the Gender-Based Violence Court on the DOVVSU Headquarters, the place he was discovered responsible and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment in onerous labour for the offence of defilement.