From Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale.
TWO brothers, Mark Kojo Kobril and Yaw Kobril are in police grip for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old junior high school (SHS) student in Tamale.
The two, who are both in their early 30s and are drivers, allegedly defiled the victim a number of times before her auntie, Abena Fosua, detected the offence.
Both the victim and the suspects live in the same house at Jisonayili, a suburb of Tamale. Even though the suspects have denied the charges, a medical report from the Tamale Teaching Hospital has confirmed that the victim had actually been defiled.
The suspects, who are currently in police custody, are being prepared for prosecution.
According to the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Inspector Albert Johnson, the incident occurred between April and May, this year, when the victim’s auntie was away in Kumasi.
He said on her return in May, Madam Fosua detected a change in the attitude of her niece, but even upon questioning, the victim refused to talk.
However, when she examined her private part, the auntie noticed some bruises.
‘‘At this point, the young girl revealed to her auntie that she had been defiled by the suspects on different occasions, but they warned her not to disclose her ordeal to anyone, or else she would die,’’ the officer stated.
The victim said Kojo defiled her on three different occasions, with the first being at 9:30pm, after sending her to buy him credit for his mobile phone. She said on her return, the suspect pushed her on his bed and forcibly had sex with her.
Subsequently, Kojo had another sex with her in her auntie’s room, where she was alone, and on another occasion, he picked her up on his motorbike and sent her into the bush, where he repeated his amorous act.
Inspector Johnson further stated that, on another occasion, Kojo’s brother, Mark, sent the victim, who had arrived home from school to buy him kenkey. On her return, Mark allegedly defiled her after strong resistance by the girl.
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