A Wa Circuit Court has sentenced a former headteacher of Ping Basic School in the Sisala-East municipality of the Upper West Region to 10 years imprison for defiling his ten-year-old pupil.
Musa Mumuni, 34, was found guilty after a judge in a year-long trial convicted him.
Joy News’ Rafiq Salam reported Monday that Mr Mumuni insisted on his innocence even after the judge read his sentence.
“He raised his hand after the judgement was read…and he said: I am not guilty and I do not deserve this ten-year sentence handed down to me,” Rafiq reported from the court.
Mr Mumuni is reported to have called some six persons as witnesses during the course of the trial but their testimony couldn’t overturn that of the four witnesses called by the prosecution.
Background
Mumuni reportedly sent for the victim, whose name has been withheld, after school hours. When she arrived in the company of her younger sister, he sent the younger girl away and defiled her, after which he gave her GH¢20 and asked her to stay silent.
The victim, however, reported her ordeal to a female teacher who reported the matter to the police, who arrested the headteacher.
Consequently, Mr Mumuni was transferred from the school to Tumu Unity Basic Primary.
Sentence
Rafiq reports that Mr Mumuni was in a sober and remorseful mood during the reading of his judgement. He is expected to serve 10 years imprisonment with hard labour.