Man, 60, jailed for fingering 4-yr-old daughter of family member

Accra Domestic Violence and Gender Based court has sentenced a  60-year-old trader to a six-month jail term for indecent assault.

The accused, Adolf Sarpei had been arraigned for inserting his finger into the private part a 4-year-old girl.

Prosecuting, Detective Inspector Kofi Atimbiri, said the victim lived with the parents at the same house with Adolf at Amamomo.

He said Emmanuel Allotey, the victim’s father, and Adolf were family members and that on August 19, 2015 at about  16:00 hours, the victim was in the house when the accused lured her to a spot where he was sitting listening to news and inserted his fingers into the vagina of the girl.

D/Insp Atimbiri stated that during the period, the complainant who is the victim’s mother who was inside her room heard Adolf calling the victim and peeped outside and saw the accused putting his hands into the victim’s panties.

The prosecutor said the complainant rushed to the scene and confronted Adolf over the act, but he denied and left the house but she informed the husband, leading to the arrest of Adolf.

Although Adolf had vehemently denied the charge at the initial stages of the hearing, the court presided over by Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku found Sarpei guilty and jailed him for six months.