Tuesday March 30, 2010
By Stephen Kwabena Effah
THE 10-year-old girl allegedly defiled by Nana Kwasi Yirenkyi, Head Pastor of Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministry at Oblogo in Accra, yesterday gave an account of how her father had sex with her.
For more than two hours, the girl, her mother, the prosecution and Nana Yirenkyi and his counsel, were locked up in the judge’s chamber as the victim gave evidence as the second prosecution witness in the case.
Details of the girl’s evidence were not made known but insiders told the Times after the proceedings that the girl recounted how her father had sex with her before church services.
Popularly known as ‘Jesus One Touch’, Nana Yirenkyi, who has pleaded not guilty to two counts of defilement and incest, came out of the judge’s chamber looking somber and rushed straight to the washroom with a police escort.
The girl and her mother on the other hand showed some smiles on their faces after the proceedings.
The two were met outside the courtroom with insults by the members of the prophet’s congregation who thronged the court. The two were quickly whisked away by armed policemen.
The case has been adjourned to April 7 for continuation.
The defence team on March17 announced its intention to conduct a DNA test to establish who defiled the prophet’s 10-year-old daughter.
Mr K.N. Adomako Acheampong, counsel for the pastor, told the trial court presided over by Mrs. Georgina Mensah-Datsa, that the rationale behind the test “is to prove whether our sperm has entered the victim”.
The test, to be funded by the defence team, is to be conducted on Nana Yirenkyi, the accused and one Efo who, the pastor alleged, defiled his daughter. Efo was once Nana Yirenkyi’s houseboy.
According to the prosecution, the victim, who was born out of wedlock, had since lived with her mother until 2005 when she was sent to Nana Yirenkyi at McCarthy Hill in Accra to attend school.
The prosecution said between 2008 and 2009, Nana Yirenkyi started having intercourse with her daughter before church service.
In November 2009, the prosecution said Nana Yirenkyi requested the victim’s mother to come and talk to her for putting up a bad character.
It was at this stage that the victim revealed her ordeal to her mother who reported the matter to the police.
For more than two hours, the girl, her mother, the prosecution and Nana Yirenkyi and his counsel, were locked up in the judge’s chamber as the victim gave evidence as the second prosecution witness in the case.
Details of the girl’s evidence were not made known but insiders told the Times after the proceedings that the girl recounted how her father had sex with her before church services.
Popularly known as ‘Jesus One Touch’, Nana Yirenkyi, who has pleaded not guilty to two counts of defilement and incest, came out of the judge’s chamber looking somber and rushed straight to the washroom with a police escort.
The girl and her mother on the other hand showed some smiles on their faces after the proceedings.
The two were met outside the courtroom with insults by the members of the prophet’s congregation who thronged the court. The two were quickly whisked away by armed policemen.
The case has been adjourned to April 7 for continuation.
The defence team on March17 announced its intention to conduct a DNA test to establish who defiled the prophet’s 10-year-old daughter.
Mr K.N. Adomako Acheampong, counsel for the pastor, told the trial court presided over by Mrs. Georgina Mensah-Datsa, that the rationale behind the test “is to prove whether our sperm has entered the victim”.
The test, to be funded by the defence team, is to be conducted on Nana Yirenkyi, the accused and one Efo who, the pastor alleged, defiled his daughter. Efo was once Nana Yirenkyi’s houseboy.
According to the prosecution, the victim, who was born out of wedlock, had since lived with her mother until 2005 when she was sent to Nana Yirenkyi at McCarthy Hill in Accra to attend school.
The prosecution said between 2008 and 2009, Nana Yirenkyi started having intercourse with her daughter before church service.
In November 2009, the prosecution said Nana Yirenkyi requested the victim’s mother to come and talk to her for putting up a bad character.
It was at this stage that the victim revealed her ordeal to her mother who reported the matter to the police.
1 comment:
This is such a sad story. I hope that evil man gets what he deserves, and that the girl receives that appropriate treatment she needs to recover fully.
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