An Aflao Circuit Court presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, has jailed a corn mill operator 18 years in hard labour, for defiling his neighbour's granddaughter aged nine.
Godwin Fiadzidor, 40, pleaded guilty.
Mr Akwesi Asafo-Agyei, Dzodze Police District Commander, told the court that Fiadzidor and the victim live in the same vicinity at Kasu, a village
near Dzodze.
He said sometime in April this year, the victim's grandmother, Madam Sotorva Ahiadorme, travelled for a week leaving the victim and her siblings behind.
Mr Safo-Agyei said on her return she noticed a change in the way the victim was walking and questioned her.
He said the victim then recounted how Ahiadorme took her to a secluded part of the house and defiled her.