Minor Testifies In Court

A 13 year old girl has told an Accra Circuit Court that she saw Queenie Akuffo insert artificial penis into her sister's vagina after making her drunk.

Queenie Akuffo , a student  is alleged to have inserted into a co- tenant’s vagina a doodle after making her drunk.

Queenie who had been charged with unnatural carnal knowledge, has pleaded not guilty.

The Court presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku admitted Queenie to bail in the sum of GHC 40,000 cedis with three sureties.

Led in evidence by Detective Inspector Judith B. Asante,  the teenage witness  name withheld said on the day of the incident, Queenie asked her to look for an object for her in her room.

According to the victim she thought the object was “pomade”.

After she found it, she saw that the said object  had a protruding mouth. According to her, the victim was then incapacitated hence Queenie inserted her two fingers and the object into the victim’s vagina.

Witness said on the day of the incident, she was in the room of the accused person dancing with one Pearl and Nana Appiah when the accused person offered the victim some drink.

According to the witness, when the victim who is her sister drank a bottle of beer she became tipsy and fell as she walked.

Witness said Queenie also asked her to clean up her sister who had then vomited in the room.

Soon after cleaning the vomit, Queenie asked her to take the victim’s baby out to bathe her which she obliged.

She said her mother known as Comfort Sam came to Queenie‘s house and she informed her about her sister’s ordeal.

Answering questions under cross examination by Mr Andrew Vortia, the Defence Counsel the witness said she bought three bottles of beer on the request of Queenie.

When asked whether she knew Queenie, witness said she knew her but did not know her character.

Witness said she could not tell whether or not Queenie forced the victim to drink so much on the day of the incident.

Hearing continues of March 29.      

Prosecuting Detective Inspector Judith B. Asante told the Court that Comfort Sam is the complainant and mother of the victim.

The victim is Janet Amoakwah.

Prosecution said accused person and the victim reside at Ablekuma and were tenants in the same house.

On January 25, at about 1800 hours, Queenie sent the victim’s younger sister, a witness in the case to go and call the victim and the witness obliged.

Detective Inspector Asante said when the victim arrived, Queenie offered her a Vodka beer and other varieties of beer to drink after which the victim got intoxicated. Queenie then lured her into her bedroom.

The prosecution said Queenie asked other witnesses around to leave and she locked her bedroom.

Detective Inspector Asante said a 13 year old witness went to peep through the window of the accused and saw Queenie inserting the artificial penis into the victim’s vagina.

The witness informed the victim’s brother known as Nana Sasu and he also alerted her mother (the complainant).

The prosecution said the witnesses rushed to the aid of the victim and saw her lying naked in the accused person bedroom with vomit all over her.

Prosecution said as the victim was unconscious she was rushed to the hospital after obtaining a medical report form from the Police station.

The Police proceeded to the scene and apprehended Queenie and a search in her room revealed an empty container of Vodka beer, star beer bottles, and bottles of Orijin alcoholic beverages.

According to the prosecutor, the artificial penis was found on top of the accused person’s wardrobe and a video recording of the act was on Queenie’s “Infinix@ mobile phone.

Prosecution said Queenie in her caution statement to the Police admitted the offence.