A Tarkwa circuit court in the Western Region has sentenced a twenty-year-old illegal miner (galamseyer) to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour for having anal sex with a 20-year-old imbecile.
Emmanuel Harris pleaded guilty and asked the court, presided over by Emmanuel Bart-Plange, for mitigation as a first time offender.
He had earlier admitted having unnatural carnal knowledge of the victim, who attends school at Akoon.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Faustina Celestina Anaman said that in November last year, at about 1900 hours, the convict saw the victim and a ten-year-old boy from his school assaulting themselves indecently at the school premises.
She said the convict drove the ten-year-old boy away and had anal sex with him at the same spot.
According to the prosecutor, from that day, Emmanuel chose the victim as his sex partner and repeated the act at places such as Nkrumah Steps, Ackah Junction, his room at Akoon and other places.
On January 25, 2018, the victim disclosed what was transpiring between him and the convict to a witness in the case.
The victim led the witness to Emmanuel’s house and identified him as the one who had been having anal sex with him.
Chief Inspector Anaman said when the witness confronted the convict on the matter, he admitted the crime and pleaded with the witness not to reveal it to anyone.
She said with the assistance of the Assembly Member of the area, the witness reported the matter to the police and the convict was arrested.
GNA