The Odumase Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 36-year-old HIV-positive Pragya rider, Joseph Nyarko, also known as Joseph Nartey, to 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
The Pragya rider was convicted by the court after he admitted during police investigations that he had sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl victim back in 2024.
Reports suggest the girl, now 14, tested positive for HIV following a medical examination as part of the police investigation.
The prosecution disclosed that the case was reported on May 29, 2026, by the victim’s father, 68-year-old insurance agent Peter Adamtey, after he received information that one suspect, Derrick, who is on the run, had allegedly abducted his daughter and taken her to his room at Adjikpo.
The case was later reported to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), where the victim revealed that Joseph Nyarko had also forcibly had unprotected sexual intercourse with her in 2024.
According to reports, the Police then referred the girl for medical examination, which revealed she had tested positive for HIV.
Also, the victim further disclosed that she had also engaged in unprotected sexual intercourse with her former class teacher, who is on the run.
The prosecution further detailed that at the Somanya Polyclinic, it was established that the accused is a known HIV patient who had defaulted on his antiretroviral treatment for a prolonged period.
Police further alleged that investigations indicated that he had been engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse with unsuspecting individuals.
Meanwhile, the prosecution told the court that efforts are being made to arrest the two remaining suspects: the alleged abductor, Derrick, and the victim’s former class teacher.
In related news, Benjamin Kwabena, commonly known as Wofa Atta, a twenty-eight (28)-year-old bicycle repairer, has been sentenced to 18-years in Prison over the defilement of three siblings.
The Bicycle repairer was sentenced by the Bekwai Circuit Court for defilement of two boys, aged eleven(11) and four(4), and their twin sister, also aged four(4).
The convict pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse and was subsequently sentenced on his own plea.
The news shared by SIKAOFFICIAL on X read, “The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced twenty-eight (28)-year-old bicycle repairer, Benjamin Kwabena aka, Wofa Atta, to 18-years in Prison over the defilement of three siblings, comprising two boys, aged eleven(11) and four(4), and their twin sister, also aged four(4).
According to court documents, Wofa Atta exploited his relationship with the victims’ mother and sexually abused the first victim on three occasions, the second on two occasions and the third on one occasion.
The convicted individual, a resident of Ahenema Kokoben Island City, near Trede, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse and was subsequently sentenced on his own plea”.
Also, a 26-year-old man has been jailed for eighteen years for defiling two minors aged five and six.
The man was imprisoned by the Suhum Circuit Court, presided over by Her Honour Akua Adu Boahen.
The 26-year-old loading boy was convicted of abusing two minors at Dan Villa, a suburb of Suhum in the Eastern Region.
The man has been identified as Aboagye Dacosta, also known as ‘Kwabota’.
He was found guilty after a full trial and handed 18 years on each count, to run concurrently.
UTV Ghana, which shared the information on social media, stated, “The Suhum Circuit Court, presided over by Her Honour Akua Adu Boahen, has sentenced a 26-year-old loading boy to 18 years’ imprisonment for defiling two minors aged five and six at Dan Villa, a suburb of Suhum in the Eastern Region.
The convict, Aboagye Dacosta, also known as ‘Kwabota,’ was found guilty after a full trial and handed 18 years on each count, to run concurrently”.
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Joseph Nyarko, a 36-year-old auto-rickshaw (Pragya) rider, has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Odumase Krobo Circuit Court for defiling a 12-year-old girl in Somanya in the Eastern Region and infecting her with HIV. pic.twitter.com/Sy886SyqVa
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