The 10-year-old daughter of Nana Kofi Yirenkyi aka Jesus One Touch, founder and General Overseer of the Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministry, is reported to have demonstrated to an Accra Circuit Court the position in which her father normally had sex with her. Mrs. Helene Kwawukume, a Chief State Attorney indicated that the little girl was able to prove that she had not been coached to come and destroy her father’s reputation as claimed by the defence team. She disclosed that the child, in her evidence to the circuit court, described the alleged act between her and the father, saying whenever the father wanted to have sex with her, he would order her to lie on the floor and he would also lie on top of her and put his sexual organ into hers. She went on and stated that some liquid comes out on the floor and her father wipes it with a handkerchief. According to the Attorney, the child said she always felt pain anytime the father did that to her but when she cried, he pleaded with her not to do so. The victim, the state attorney said, by this description at that tender age, was able to convince the Circuit Court that her father had indeed entered her; hence the court’s decision that Onetouch opens his defence to tell his side of the story. K.N. Adomako Acheampong, counsel for Onetouch, filed the submission of no case on grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove that the accused person was indeed guilty of the offence. At the high court, counsel, who based his argument on the evidence of medical experts called by the prosecution, stated that Dr Samuel Amu Mensah, a gynaecologist from the Police Hospital, had indicated that the vulva of the victim was normal, with no scars or tear and there was no previous healing. The doctor however admitted that the hymen is the only thing damaged or torn. According to Dr. Mensah, the object which could have torn the hymen could not be longer than the index finger. Counsel said for a child who goes through such a traumatic experience where the father constantly abuses her on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays before going to church, the doctor’s report on her would have been completely different. “My Lord, my client is very well endowed,” counsel for Onetouch said and inferred that it was strange that the victim had been abused 312 times and yet the object that could have broken her hymen was only one centimeter, a size of the little finger. Counsel, who believes that the child was coached by the mother as they both gave the same evidence, said if indeed the child went through such trauma, she would have told the mother while on their journey to Dawu, her hometown, but would not have waited for three months before divulging her ordeal. Mr. Acheampong said both mother and victim claimed Onetouch raped her three times a week but an aunty told the court that it was only on Tuesdays, which meant that the two fabricated the story. He said in criminal jurisprudence, proof should be beyond reasonable doubt but if there was any doubt, it should go to the advantage of the accused. Counsel indicated that there was enough doubt to liberate the accused, saying experts’ opinion on an issue must be considered more appropriate than ordinary views. “The doctor said nothing has happened to the vagina so what is the genuine case that the court is going to determine again?” he queried. Responding to counsel’s argument, Mrs. Kwawukume said although some other medical experts had different views on the medical report, the report from the gynaecologist corroborated the story of the victim that the hymen, which goes beyond the orifice of the vagina, has been damaged. She maintained that some portion of Dr Mensah’s evidence was false, suggesting that he should go back to do more research on female anatomy. She indicated that there was a possibility that no scar would be found because the doctor conducted the examination five clear months after the child was no more with the father. And from other expert views, the wounds could be healed within three weeks after the act. She argued that even if the tip of the penis of the accused person tipped into the victim’s vagina, it was still defilement as well defined in the law. She said the prosecution was not creating the impression that the accused had sex with the child to satisfy his libido but for some obvious reason, the act could be for ritual or spiritual. Mr. Acheampong objected and the court asked Mrs. Kwawukume to stick to the facts in court. She said the defence team was mischievous because in one breathe, they said the victim was defiled by one Efo and in another, they claimed that it was a small object that entered the child. The case has been adjourned to June 25 for ruling. By Mary Anane/Daily Guide/Ghana