Correspondent-Popular Ghanaian pastor, Prophet Kofi Yirenkyi, aka Jesus OneTouch has been discharged and acquitted after a court found him not guilty of incest
The founder and General Overseer of Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministry International was given a 10-year jail sentence in January this year for defiling his 10-year-old daughter.
However after hearing his appeal, the presiding judge Justice Emmanuel Dzakpasu overturned the earlier decision of Justice Georgina Mensah-Datsa.
A colleague man of God, Nicholas Osei popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha, who was in court today, confirmed the news to journalists a while ago.
According to him, following the landmark ruling, the Nsawam Prison authorities are currently processing Jesus OneTouch’s papers for his immediate release.
It would be recalled that over a year ago, Prophet Onetouch was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for defilement and incest.
Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa found him guilty of having sexual intercourse with his 10-year-old biological daughter but the Prophet, who believed he had been framed up, while being escorted to jail still maintained that he did not commit the crime, screaming, “God should kill me if I defiled my daughter”.
Justice Mensah-Datsa, currently a High Court judge, in her judgment that lasted for about 25 minutes indicated that the victim was truthful as her evidence was corroborated by prosecution witnesses and medical reports.
According to the judge, the two reports from doctors who had examined the victim had indicated that the victim’s hymen was not intact and that corroborated the victim’s story.
After her judgment, she told Onetouch it was not the end of the road for him, adding that he could appeal against her decision if he was not satisfied with it.
Jesus Onetouch, after serving five months of his jail term, bounced back and filed an appeal challenging the judgment by the Circuit Court on grounds that the judge had erred in the judgment because the defence had created sufficient doubts in the case of the prosecution which could have led to his acquittal.