A 21-year-old interior decorator has been remanded by the Asante Abuakwa circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region for abducting and defiling a 15-year-old girl at Atwima-Koforidua. 

Richard Agyei Bonsu pleaded not guilty to the charges of abduction and defilement and would be brought before the court on December 4 this year. 

Police Chief Inspector Evans Ayimbisa, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Rosemond Dodua Agyiri that the complainant, Bismark Opoku Kuffour, is an uncle to the victim, who is a student at Mpasatia in the Atwima Mponua District. 

He said on November 20, at about 1300 hours, the victim, returning home from town, met Bonsu’s friend, one Kwadwo, now at large, who lured her into his room and had sex with her. 

After the act, Kwadwo escorted her out, informed the accused person, and he also came and lured the girl into his room located in the same vicinity. 

According to the prosecution, the accused person kept the victim in his room and had sex with her till 1300 hours on the following day before releasing her. 

The victim went home straightaway and revealed her ordeal to her uncle. 

Prosecution said the uncle, who had searched for the victim in the whole town, mobilised some people to arrest the accused person and handed him over to the Abuakwa police. 

In his statement, the accused admitted to having abducted and defiled the victim. After further investigations, he was charged and brought before the court.