The 24-year-old National Service person has been sent to three weeks in police custody after being accused of defiling three students in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality in the Western North Region. The Bibiani Circuit Court ordered the remand.
According to reports, the accused, Bismark Ansu, a class two teacher, organised extra classes for his pupils in January this year and while at it, he lured three of the girls and took advantage of them sexually.
The victims are said to be between the ages of eight and nine, and he threatened to kill them should they expose him to anyone.
After some weeks of the alleged sexual assault, the parents of the victims noticed abnormal blood discharges from their daughters’ private parts and upon interrogation, they disclosed the ordeal.
The police at Sefwi Asawinso were quickly alerted of the incident, and the complainants were given a medical form to take the victims to any government hospital for a check-up, treatment, and documentation to verify the claims of defilement.
The individual in question was arrested and charged with three criminal offenses: threatening death (in violation of Section 75 of the Criminal Offences 1960 [ACT 29]), defilement (in violation of Section 101 of Criminal Offences 1960 [ACT 29]), and threatening harm (in violation of Section 74 of the Criminal Offences 1960 [ACT 29]). The accused was then brought before the Bibiani Circuit Court.
Bismark Ansu has been remanded and is to reappear on Monday, May 29, 2023 after the court heard the details of the cases.
The victims are receiving treatment at the hospital.