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A 36-year-old father of four, ,Joseph Adotey, who sexually abused his 11-year-old daughter and made her pregnant has been jailed 25 years by an Accra Circuit Court.
Medical reports indicated that the class five pupil tested positive for pregnancy and was also bleeding following the physical assault on her by the father.A further test would be conducted by doctors to find out whether there is a threat of miscarriage.Adotey was arrested after his daughter reported his conduct to a Good Samaritan, who also reported him to the Odorkor branch of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.
He admitted the offence but attributed it to the devil.Adotey pleaded guilty to charges of incest, defilement and assault and was accordingly convicted and sentenced to 25 years.Adotey lived with his four children at Darkuman Cable in Accra and last week, the victim reported to the Good Samaritan that her father had had sex with her for four times, the last being on February 8, 2008.
When the girl went home she narrated what had transpired between her and the Good Samaritan to her other siblings who also informed their father about it.According to the prosecution, Adotey did not take kindly to that and subjected the victim to severe physical assault and packed her personal belongings, threatening to burn them.The Good Samaritan then reported Adotey to the police and he was arrested.
He told the court that he had a problem with his wife who had gone to her home town, Gomoa Abofu in the Central Region.The victim has been handed over to a responsible adult to take care of her.Source: Daily Graphic
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