Court remands incestuous father in prison custody

Asamankese (E/R) May 5, GNA - An electronic technician who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 12 year-old daughter on a number of occasions, was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by the Asamankese Circuit Court.

Kwaku Koranteng pleaded not guilty to incest and would reappear on May 17. Detective Police Inspector F.K. Yeboa, prosecuting, told the court t= hat the class four girl was violated by her father

while staying with him at Sowatey New town. He said at about 0700 hours on December 12, last year, the father, invited the victim into his room and asked her to

remove her underwear for him to see if she had grown pubic hair over her sexual organ. The daughter refused to do so but her father forced and removed the pant and used his fingers to browse her sexual

organ. The prosecutor said Koranteng then ordered the victim to go to bed a= nd he followed up and told her that he was

going to do something with her and warned her that she would kill her if she ever discloses it to anyone. He said Koranteng then forcibly had sexual intercourse with the girl=

who bled profusely following the breaking of her

virginity. Inspector Yeboa said despite the pain the girl was suffering from, h= is father continued to have sex with her on daily

basis, compelling her to inform her mother on phone. The mother who lived at Nungua, Accra rushed to Sowatey and accompan= ied by relatives reported the matter to the

police. When Koranteng heard that the matter had been reported he escaped fr= om the town until he was apprehended from

his hideout on April 26.