Samuel Kyei, a wood worker, admitted the crime and pleaded with the court to deal leniently with him moments before the presiding judge, Mr Fredrick Tetteh, announced his punishment.
The convict, an employee of a saw-mill, had closed from work and was on his way to the house, when he saw the victim drawing water from a public standpipe.
The prosecution said Kyei invited her to see him off to a distant and knowing him to be a distant relative, the unsuspecting girl obliged.
He dragged her to a nearby bush, where he sexually abused her.
Her loud piercing cry attracted the attention of one Sarkodie who rushed to the scene and caught Kyei right in the act.
The crime was reported to the police and in his caution statement, he confessed to defiling the girl.
Source: GNA/newsghana1.tempurl.host
