The Tease Police in the Affram Plains South District of the Eastern Region has arrested a 36-year-old man at Boakyekrom near Ekye Amanfrom over defilement and attempted abortion.

The Suspect, Tenyo  Kandabekuni alias Wareware allegedly defiled and impregnated a 15-year-old girl who is his uncle’s granddaughter and later gave her medicine to abort the pregnancy.

Starr News has gathered that the victim suffered life-threatening complications after taking the medicine and was rushed to Ekye Amanfrom Presby Health Center for treatment where she narrated her ordeal.

The Unit Committee Chairman in the community, Abeilla Banaa , subsequently lodged a complaint at the  Police Station leading to the arrest of the Suspect whom according to the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sergeant Francis Gomado, is in Police custody assisting investigation.

Meanwhile, the victim is recuperating.

 

Source:Ghana/StarrFMonline.com/103.5FM/Kojo Ansah