Robert Hayford, an 18-year-old unemployed boy defiled his two teenage cousins, on Wednesday was remanded into custody by a Tema Circuit tribunal, where he plead not guilty to defiling the two sisters. Hayford will re-appear in court on November 4th.

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Robert Aganiba, told the tribunal Chair Mr. Seth Teye, that Hayford is the nephew of the victims' father and lives in Tema. He occasionally visits the victims and their parents at Lebanon, a suburb of Ashaiman. He said on October 20, Hayford did not meet his uncle and step-aunt. Instead, he lured the girls into their father's bedroom one after the other, sexually abused them, and then left.

The girls reported the ordeal to their parents who reported the matter to the Ashaiman police. The girls were taken to the Tema General Hospital where they were treated and discharged.