FATHER DEFILES 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AS SHALOM PRAYER GROUP IN FRANCE SUPPORT REST OF THE FAMILY

An Accra High Court has sentenced 42 year old father, Daniel Baah to a 20 year jail term with hard labour for defiling his 14 year old daughter and impregnating her.

Mr. Baah, a scrap dealer and resident of Anyaa in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana was charged with defilement and incest following a complaint by the child’s teacher, Mariama at the Anyaa Police Station.

According to his wife, Margaret Nyakor, she noticed some changes in her daughter’s physique and suspected her to be pregnant but she denied it when she asked her. “One day, Rebecca’s teacher invited me to the school and told me that my daughter is pregnant but my daughter denied it. The madam requested I buy a pregnancy test strip so we can find out the truth. Upon returning, my daughter opened up to her teacher that she is pregnant and that her father is responsible for it”. She tells crimecheckghana.

The mother of five says she never suspected and believed her husband could commit such an evil act. “We live in a single room wooden structure and I barely move out so I am surprised this could happen without my knowledge”. She added.

In an interview with crimecheckghana, Detective Chief Inspector Abena Amponsah said the accused went into hiding in December after it was discovered that he was responsible for his daughter’s pregnancy. She added that after several attempts to arrest the accused failed, the police mounted surveillance which led to the arrest of the suspect in early February, 2020.

The accused according to Ama Brago Ampofo, a court reporter for Kingdom Fm, pleaded guilty in court for the two charges pressed against him. The presiding Judge, she said handed him a 20year jail term to serve as a deterrent to others who have sex or intend to do same with their daughters.

To ensure the well-being of the family left behind, a group in France, Shalom Prayer group through Crime Check Foundation CCF has presented an amount of five hundred Ghana cedis to Margaret Nyarko.

She expressed profound gratitude to the group. “I thank them for coming to our aid. I pray God blesses them with wealth so they can keep helping us”.