Mawuli Amegadzi, the 45-year-old Togolese Paedophile who sucked the genitals of two boys has been sentenced to a 20-year jail term by the Tema Circuit Court 'A'. Amegadzi was convicted on his own plea of guilty on two counts of having unnatural canal knowledge of the boys.
The court presided over by Mrs. Lorinda Owusu, sentenced him to 20 years on each of the two counts, to run concurrently.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Matilda Tetteh, told the court that the complainant who is father of two of Amegadzi's victims, resides in the same
vicinity as the convict, who is a mason at Kpone-Kokompe near Tema.
Chief Inspector Tetteh said the father observed that his sons aged eight and 11 always returned home from town with candies, biscuits and football
and, therefore, questioned them on several occasions.
The man, the prosecution said, intensified his questioning when he received information from neighbours that for some time now, they had been seeing his two sons coming out from the residence of Amegadzi who was known for such acts.
The prosecution indicated that the victims, who initially refused to confide in their father, narrated their ordeal to him.
Chief Inspector Tetteh told the court that, according to the victims, the convict sucked their genitals while he masturbated to discharge on to the floor, and then gave them the items.
The victims' father lodged a complaint with the Kpone Police, which also transferred the matter to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit
(DOVVSU) of the Tema Regional Police Command.
Chief Inspector Tetteh said Amedadzi who was apprehended on November 10, has similar cases pending in court.
Before his sentence was read to him, Amegadzi told the court that he started the act when he was 13 years old, and because it has become a habit,
he finds it difficult to stop.