Akim Oda, (E/R) June 8, GNA - A farmer, whose 15-year-old girlfriend died, after he allegedly inserted some concoction in her genitals to terminate the six months-old pregnancy has been remanded in prison custody. Thomas Oppong is facing a provisional murder charge at the Akim Oda Magistrate's Court in the Eastern Region but the court, presided by Mr Albert Owusu Annor, did not take his plea.

He would reappear on July 15.

The body of the deceased, Linda Amoakoa, 15, has since been deposited at the Akim Oda Government Hospital morgue for autopsy. Briefing the court, Police Inspector Kweku Appiah, said on May 26, this year, Oppong, who hails from Akim Abenase, visited Amoakoa at Otwereso where he passed the night and left the following day.

He said three days later, at about 0330 hours, the co-tenants of Amoakoa, heard that she was screaming in her room for help and when asked about the cause, she told them that his boyfriend, Oppong, inserted medicine into her vagina to terminate her pregnancy. But in the course of her narration, Amoakoa suddenly became unconscious and sweated profusely.

She was then rushed to the Otwereso Local Clinic but was referred to the Akim Oda Government Hospital where she died on admission. The GNA's interviews revealed that the parents of Amoakoa were aware of the relationship and that it was Oppong who rented the place for Amoakoa to live.