Monday 15th October, 2018
Asamankese (E/R), Oct 15, GNA- A 42-year-old
farmer, Collins Boadi, who impregnated his own daughter and aborted the
pregnancy, has been sentenced to 10 years in hard labour in prison by the
Asamankese Circuit Court.
He pleaded guilty.
Police Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ato Gand,
prosecuting told the court presided over by Mr Ayitey Armah-Tetteh that Boadi
and the daughter lived at Sikaniasem n
Asamankese (E/R), Oct 15, GNA- A 42-year-old
farmer, Collins Boadi, who impregnated his own daughter and aborted the
pregnancy, has been sentenced to 10 years in hard labour in prison by the
Asamankese Circuit Court.
He pleaded guilty.
Police Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ato Gand,
prosecuting told the court presided over by Mr Ayitey Armah-Tetteh that Boadi
and the daughter lived at Sikaniasem near Topremang.
On September 26, the police had a tip off that
the accused had impregnated his own daughter.
Upon receipt of this information, the Akwatia
Police led by the District Police Commander proceeded to Sikaniasem and
arrested the accused person to the station.
The daughter was not in the village and her
father led the police to locate her.
He said in a caution statement, the accused
denied the offences but the daughter said the father first forcibly had sex
with her when she was 16 years old.
The wife of the accused who is mother of the
girl got to know of the relationship between the father and her daughter but
they managed to resolve the issue.
However, in January this year, the accused’s
wife travelled with her mother to a healing centre and the accused took
advantage of the absence of his wife and again had sex with the daughter and
impregnated her.
After realising that the daughter was
pregnant, the accused prepared a concoction, a mixture of plant and alcohol and
administered it to her to drink resulting in abortion of the pregnancy.
He then threatened her not to mention it to
anyone else he would kill her.
GNA