A 40-year-old Ghanaian teacher who was jailed 15-years for a crime he
never committed is demanding GH¢10 million in damages.
The teacher
identified as Eric Asante was wrongfully handed a 15-year-old jail
sentence for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old school pupil. He was
sentenced in 2005 by the Tamale High Court for defiling one Rubamatu
Mohammed, then a 14-year-old pupil at the school Asante taught.
After several appeals to the High Court, he proceeded
to the Supreme Court in 2012 and the court ordered for the paternity
test to be carried out after serving 12 years in jail.
However, a five-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Anin
Yeboah acquitted and discharged the former teacher on Thursday, January
26, 2017, after DNA proved that the teacher was not the father of the
baby that resulted from the alleged sexual act.
According to Ghana Web, the victim through his lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu is demanding GH¢10 million damages.
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