Driver contracted to pick up 3-year-old from school bags 14 years jailtrerm with hard labour for defiling her

A 29-year-old tricycle rider, Naah Mashood has been convicted and sentenced to fourteen (14) years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a three-year-old girl at Tiegber in the Wa Municipality in Ghana.

The convict was arrested on February 24th following a complaint received from the mother of the victim. The convict, contracted by the parents to pick up the victim to and from school, lured her to an isolated location on February 23rd, 2026, and defiled her inside his tricycle (Cambuu).

After painstaking investigation, the convict was arraigned before the Wa District Magistrate Court and, upon conviction, he subsequently stood trial at the Wa High Court. After full trial, the accused was found guilty of the offence of defilement and was on October 30 sentenced him to fourteen (14) years imprisonment with hard Labour.