A spiritualist, Kofi Asiedu popularly known as Mallam Isaah has been sentenced to a prison term of 17 years by a Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern region.

Kofi Asiedu pleaded guilty of defiling a 14-year-old girl under the guise of delivering her from a witchcraft spirit, and the court sentenced him on his own plea.

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The convict reportedly committed the crime at Begoro in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern region.

Prosecution told the court that, father of the victim sought the help of Mallam Isaah in July this year, to get rid of a witchcraft spirit he suspected might be responsible for her deviant conducts.

Both the complainant and the convict arrived at an agreement that the victim would stay with the spiritualist for the period within which the exorcism would be done.

Prosecution said the convict took the victim into a room where he bathed her with some herbs, smeared sheer butter in her vagina and then had sex with her, claiming that the spirit was hiding in her stomach hence the need to have sex with her to drive it away.

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The victim revealed her ordeal to her father who then reported the incident to the Begoro Police, leading to the arrest of the convict on November 16, after the victim had been issued a medical form to seek treatment.

He admitted to the offence when he was brought to the Koforidua branch of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU).