Man sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for incest

Koforidua, August 3, GNA - A 39-year old unemployed who took advantage of the absence of his wife from their matrimonial home and satisfied his sexual desire with his 13-year-old daughter, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Koforidua Circuit Court.

The accused, Julius Bawu, pleaded guilty to the charge of incest and was convicted on his own plea.

Police Superintendent Elizabeth Allandu of the Women and Juvenile Unit(WAJU) of the Police Service told the court, presided over by Mr C. J. Ameyi that Bawu, that on July 14, this year, Bawu had a quarrel with his wife and chased her out of the house with a cutlass.

The wife then left to stay with her relatives at Srodae, a suburb of Koforidua and left their three children, including the victim with Bawu.

She said in the midnight of July 20, this year, Bawu woke the victim up and wanted to have sex with her and when she resisted, he threatened to kill her with a knife. According to the prosecutor, Bawu, after the first incident, slept with the daughter every midnight till July 23, this year, and when she could not bare the ordeal reported it to her headteacher, who in turn reported it to WAJU. Bawu was arrested and in his caution statement admitted the offence and pleaded for leniency.