40-year-old man sentenced 10-years for raping teenage daughter

40-year-old man sentenced 10-years for raping teenage daughter

2015-07-22 14:17 | 198 Views | 0 Comments



Accra – A farmer has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after being convicted of raping his 13-years old daughter, reports Ghana web.

Isaac Okyere, 40, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges of defilement and incest, was found guilty by the Cape Coast Circuit Court.

Judge Kofi Seshie Ametewee, sentenced Okyere to 7 years in jail for rape, three years for incest which would be running concurrently.

Prosecuting Police Chief Inspector Christina Sampong told the court that the convicted rapist had been staying with his teenage daughter for the past ten years after her mother divorced him and left for Accra.

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Sampong revealed that on February 16, 2015 the teenage girl went to the Ajumako Police station where she reported that her 40-years old father had raped her.

She further stated that police investigation revealed that the convicted father lured her daughter to his bedroom where he sexually abused her.

The prosecution said the victim narrated her ordeal to her grandmother who refused to act on it hence the victim’s decision to lodge a complaint at the police station where a medical form issued and endorsed by a medical doctor indicated that she had been defiled.


- News 24