Farmer Jailed For Incest

For his inability to control his lust and doing an abominable act, the Odumase Krobo Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Frank Gbeddy, has sentenced a 34-year-old farmer to 60 months imprisonment for incest. Yaw Akoto, who had carnal knowledge of her 12-year-old biological daughter, would serve the term in hard labour. Detective Chief Inspector Stella Dzikunu told the court that the complainant is the mother of the victim, while Akoto, a farmer, resided at Labolabo a village near Asikuma Junction in the Asuogyaman District. The victim is a school girl staying with the grandmother. The prosecution said in November 2014, Akoto went for the child from the grandmother. According to D/C Inspector Dzikunu, somewhere last month, the convict came back from town one day and told the daughter he was informed that she had been playing truant and as part of the punishment for that offence, he inserted powdered pepper into the vagina of his daughter. D/C Inspector Dzikunu said the following evening, Akoto, who always slept between the victim and her stepmother, inserted his finger into his daughter’s vagina while they were sleeping. According to the prosecution, Akoto did that to his daughter on several occasions and later had sexual intercourse with her on two different occasions. She said Akoto strongly warned his daughter to keep what was going on to herself and never mention it to her stepmother or any other person, else he would beat her up mercilessly. The prosecutor said on August 7, 2015, the victim’s mother returned from Dzemeni and the victim complained to the mother that she was suffering from ‘white’. With the help of the Labolabo Development Centre, she was sent to the Peki Government Hospital where the victim revealed her ordeal to the medical doctor. The doctor, after examining the victim, advised the mother to report the incident to the police. The police issued a medical form and accompanied them to the hospital for examination and treatment. Akoto was later arrested and he admitted the offence in his caution statement.

Source: Daily Graphic