Father jailed for defiling 13-year-old daughter in Tarkwa
The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 40-year-old mason to 20 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for defiling his 13-year-old daughter in the Western Region.
A 40-year-old mason, Samuel Okyere, has been sentenced to 20 years of hard labor imprisonment in Tarkwa Circuit Court for sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter. Despite pleading that he was intoxicated at the time, the court did not accept this excuse and imposed the severe sentence to discourage others from committing similar crimes.
The prosecutor, ASP Samuel Ahiaboc, testified that the accused and the victim were married for 14 years and had four children, with the victim being the eldest. According to the prosecutor, at around 11:00 pm on January 19, 2026, the complainant woke up to find Okyere sexually assaulting her in their bedroom. The complainant, a trader and the victim's mother, woke Okyere and physically confronted him, causing him to leave the room.
The complainant reported the incident to the Regional Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Tarkwa, who provided a medical form for the victim to undergo examination at Apinto Government Hospital. The prosecution stated that the victim disclosed to investigators that the abuse had been ongoing since 2025, occurring whenever the complainant was away at work. Okyere was subsequently arrested and questioned, providing a caution statement for the court.
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