Accra, Jan. 15, GNA - Dr. Emmanuel Sokpenyo, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist from the Ridge Hospital and a Defense Witness (DW) on Tuesday told an Accra Circuit Court that certain conditions in young female could lead to urethra mucosal prolapsed.

He said usually the young girls start bleeding and the parents get alarmed and accused other people of having defiled their children. Dr. Sokpenyo who said he had done a lot of studies on the causes and conditions of "Urethra Mucosal prolapsed" and was testifying for the defence at the ongoing trial of Thomas Allan Tichler, the 57-year-old Briton who is accused of fingering three-year-old daughter of his Ghanaian host. Alan Tichler, a Consultant is charged with causing harm and indecent assault to a kid and defiling her. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. The Court, presided over by Mrs. Justice Georgina Mensah-Datsa adjourned the case to January 21, this year. Dr Sokpenyo who was led in evidence by Mr Tony Lithur, Counsel for Allan Tichler said he had handled four such cases as a medical practitioner.

He said the condition, which normally manifested as demitasse was painless unless there was an infection.

He said even though a person's strain could be associated factor it was not enough to lead to a mucosal prolapsed in a young girl. He said sometimes young girls who were diagnosed of the urethra mucosal prolapsed could have been predisposed to it already. Evidence before the court is that Allan Tichler visited the victim's father at North Legon, near the Redco Flats on October 13, 2007. The victim's father left her and two siblings in the care of Allan Tichler to purchase some items from town.

Allan Tichler played with the victim and her two siblings, aged eight and six, in the living room but he later got the victim alone and inserted his fingers into her genitals. The victim's mother arrived from town and just as she entered the kitchen, Allan Tichler followed her and requested for water to wash his hands.

Later, the victim went to her mother and said she wanted to urinate and while helping her, the mother noticed bloodstains in the victim's panties. The victim mentioned the accused person as the one who inserted his fingers into her. 15 Jan. 08