A court in Accra has sentenced Joshua Asiedu, also known as Kwame Ketewa, to three years in prison for sharing explicit photos of his ex-girlfriend with friends on social media.

As part of his sentencing, he is also required to pay the victim, a 19-year-old girl, GH₵10,000 as compensation for the emotional distress he caused her.

The court, presided over by Mrs. Christina Cann, found Asiedu guilty of non-consensual sharing of intimate images.

The act was reportedly in response to the victim breaking up with him.

Nevertheless, the court recognized that the prosecution did not establish a prima facie case against Asiedu regarding the threat of death or domestic violence, specifically emotional abuse, and subsequently acquitted and discharged him of these two charges.

In his plea for mitigation, Asiedu pleaded with the trial judge to have mercy on him saying “All the allegations against me are untrue".

According to the prosecution, which is headed by Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyei, the complainant is an Accra-based trader who is 49 years old.

According to the report, the victim, a 19-year-old recent senior high school graduate, lives in Odorkor, Accra, with her mother.

The convict dwells at Odorkor, according to the prosecution.

When her father learned that Asiedu had an extramarital affair with the victim in 2018, he became aware of it.

The prosecution claimed that the victim broke up with Asiedu because she told him she was no longer interested in the relationship.

The prosecution claimed that in 2021, Asiedu shared the victim's naked photos on his WhatsApp status for everyone to see because he was upset about her behavior.

He claims that Asiedu afterwards sent the pictures to Kasia and Sika, two of the victims' pals.

The prosecution said thereafter, “the accused person always calls the victim to threaten her with words that he will deal with her and that if she wants to lose her life or she wants her mother to lose her, then she should play with him and that made the victim feel constantly unhappy, miserable, humiliated, ridiculed, afraid, jittery, depressed and worthless.”

The victim's school authorities also observed signs of her emotional distress and subsequently summoned her parents to the school. The school provided her with the assistance of a counselor, and after a counseling session, a report was submitted detailing her condition.

On May 17, 2021, the complainant reported Asiedu's actions to the Domestic Violence and Victim's Support Unit. Upon learning that the police were looking for him, Asiedu went into hiding at an undisclosed location.

Asiedu re-emerged on January 26, 2023, and he was subsequently apprehended. During the investigation process, a caution statement was obtained from him, and the victim's explicit photographs were recovered from her father's mobile phones. Additionally, audio recordings of the threats made were collected as evidence.