An unemployed man has been dragged to an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling his biological daughter on several occasions, impregnating her in the process. The accused person, David Nanige, aged 41, was put before a court presided over by Sedina Agbemava where he was charged with incest and defilement of a girl under the age of 16.
He pleaded guilty with explanation and told the court that, “I did not touch my daughter but saw my younger brother having sex with her some months ago, my Lord.”
The accused person stated that the victim later fell ill and he took her to the hospital, where “she was found to be pregnant and mentioned me as the one responsible”.
Ms Agbemava consequently entered a plea of not guilty for him and had him remanded in custody to re-appear on April 16, 2013.
Narrating events leading to the arrest of the accused person the prosecuting officer, Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire, told the court that the complainant is Amina Quarcoo, self-employed the grandmother of the victim and lives at Kaneshie.
He said the victim is a pupil of a Junior High School located at Dansoman while the accused person is an unemployed man and the biological father of the victim.
According to him, in 2012 Nanige arrived from Kumasi to live with the victim and her younger sister after the death of their mother, who is the ex- wife of the accused person.
Furthermore, he stated that the accused person in the course of his stay with his daughters, on several occasions, defiled the victim and warned her not to tell anybody about it.
The police officer noted that the victim became pregnant and when questioned by her grandmother she mentioned the accused person as the one who impregnated her. The chief inspector noted the police arraigned Nanige after concluding investigations.
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