{"id":112470,"date":"2026-01-24T07:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112470"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:09:21","slug":"father-jailed-10-years-for-defilement-and-incest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112470","title":{"rendered":"Father jailed 10 years for defilement and incest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Atakli Christopher, a farmer aged 48 years, appeared before a Sogakope Circuit Court charged with defilement and incest after allegedly abusing his 13-year-old biological daughter.<\/p>\n

Atakli, a resident of Mafi Devime in the Central Tongu District, faces two counts: defilement of a female under sixteen years of age and incest, contrary to sections 101 and 105 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act 29\/60, respectively.<\/p>\n

According to the prosecution, led by D\/Inspector Nene Oman VI, the alleged offences occurred in November 2025 at Mafi Devime.<\/p>\n

The court indicated that in 2022, the accused relocated the victim from her mother\u2019s care in Dawhenya to Mafi Devime. Upon enrolling her in school, the accused began a pattern of repeated sexual abuse that continued for several years.<\/p>\n

The court heard that the victim sought help from her paternal grandfather and an aunt on multiple occasions, but no action was taken to intervene.<\/p>\n

The victim reportedly developed a genital infection characterized by an abnormal discharge because of the abuse which went on for some time<\/p>\n

Fearing further abuse, the victim eventually fled her father\u2019s home and sought refuge in the Mepe township in the North Tongu District.<\/p>\n

The prosecution noted that, following her disclosure of the ordeal to the authorities, the local Assemblyman intervened, and the matter was reported to the police.<\/p>\n

The Ghana News Agency gathered that the Police and the investigators from the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) subsequently issued a medical report for the victim\u2019s examination and treatment after they visited the scene of the crime and took forensic photographs.<\/p>\n

Joseph Naadado Mcaly, the Sogakope Circuit Court Judge, thus sentenced Atakli Christopher to a 10-year jail term on his own plea.<\/p>\n

Residents expressed frustration at the rising defilement and incest incidents in the enclave and called for swift stakeholder intervention.<\/p>\n

They lauded the Police and the NIB for their day-to-day support for the vulnerable victims and urged that they continue to protect the lives of the residents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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