[2025]DLHC17955 • February 12, 2025 • High Court
THE REPUBLIC vs. SPAYN NARH @STUTTGART WOODS
The accused, Philip Spayn Narh, posed online as a female philanthropist 'Stuttgart Woods' to lure the complainant, a 19-year-old female SHS graduate, with promises of educational assistance abroad. He coerced her into sexual acts, recorded these acts, and subsequently blackmailed her with the recordings and nude images. The accused published these intimate materials on a Telegram porn channel and shared them with third parties, causing the complainant severe emotional distress. He was also found in unlawful possession of narcotic substances. The accused denied the allegations, claiming consensual relations and denying publication of the materials.
read moreJUDGMENT The accused was arraigned before this Court on 27th July, 2023 and charged with the following offences: Sexual Extortion under section 66(1)(a) and (b) of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), Non-consensual Sharing of Intimate Images under section 67(1) of Act 1038, one count of Publication or Sale of Obscene Material contrary to section 280 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and three counts of Unlawful Possession of Narcotic Drugs contrary to section 37(1) of the Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019). BRIEF FACTS The brief facts of this case are that the Complainant, Nuertey Rachael Dede Yomor, is a 19-year-old Senior High School graduate and lives with her parents at Kpone, while the accused, Philip Spayn Narh@ Sharon Stuttgart Woods is a 26-year-old plumber and hair stylist, residing at Bawaleshie near Dodowa with his father. In the latter part of the year 2020, the Complainant was Introduced to the accused by a girl known as , Delphine...