JUDGMENT
The Appellant herein was charged with two counts of the offence of defilement of female under sixteen (16) years of age contrary to Section 101 (2) of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) and was arraigned before the Circuit Court, CF-GBVC, DOVVSU Headquarters Accra on the 24th of October 2023 wherein he pleaded not guilty to the charges after same was read and explained to him in the Twi language.
After the close of the case for the prosecution, the trial judge found that the prosecution has not been able to prove a prima facie case against the accused person on count one but found that on the second count, the accused person had a case to answer and proceeded to call on the accused person to open his defence on same. At the end of the trial, the accused was on the 29th of April 2025 found guilty on count two, was convicted on same and sentenced to seven (7) years IHL. It is against this judgment that the appellant filed the instant appeal on the 7th of May 2025.
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