Driver's mate charged with child stealing

April 13, 2011 (Page 3 lead)

A driver's mate who allegedly kidnapped a 10-year-old girl and detained her for eight months was yesterday arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court.
Daniel Sosu was charged with one count of child stealing.
He pleaded not guilty to the offence and was granted bail in the sum of GH¢80,000 with one surety.
Sosu, who allegedly changed the victim's name to Vida Sosu, is expected to reappear before the court, presided over by Mrs Georgina Mensah-Datsa, on April 19, 2011.
The facts of the case, as narrated by Chief Inspector A. Ahor, are that the victim, who lived with the complainant at Old Fadama in Accra, left home on July 28, 2010 and did not return.
According to the prosecution, all efforts made, including radio announcements, to locate the victim proved futile.
On March 22, 2011, the complainant, who is the victim’s father, received information that she had been traced to a house at Mataheko in Accra.
The complainant, who had lodged a complaint with the police, managed to locate the said house at Mataheko and, on
getting there, he observed that his daughter was under the care of one Afia Ramzy.
The prosecution said the complainant enquired how she (Afia) had come across the victim, to which Afia responded that Sosu was the victim’s father.
The police eventually effected Sosu’s arrest and, upon interrogation, he claimed he had met the victim at Abossey Okai in August 2010 and took her home.
Sosu also informed the police that he had renamed the victim, whose real name is being withheld, Vida Sosu.