Mechanic charged for incest

Accra Feb. 14, GNA - A 43-year-old mechanic, Michael Akwasi Agyapong, who is accused of impregnating his 18-year-old daughter, on Monday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with incest.

Agyapong pleaded not guilty and the court presided over by Mrs Georgina Mensah-Datsa remanded him into Police custody to reappear on February 22. Assistant Superintendent of Police Sarah Acquah, the prosecutor, told the court that the accused lived at Nii Boi Town near Lapaz in Accra. The victim lived with her grandmother at Akyem Kwabeng where she completed her junior High School education in 2008.

The prosecutor said during the same year she joined her father (accused) in Accra. Some where in March 2010, the accused, who was single, started having sex with the victim and as a result she got pregnant.

In July, 2010, the prosecutor said accused gave the victim to his neighbour (a woman) to help the victim abort the pregnancy.

The prosecutor said after the abortion, the accused continued to have sex with the victim until she became pregnant again in December 2010. She said neighbours who knew of the accused person's relationship wit= h his daughter became fed up and hinted the Police who in turn rescued the victim and arrested the accused. The prosecutor said in Agyapong's cautioned statement he admitted the offence. 1