Crime & Punishment of Friday, 1 February 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghFather jailed 10 years for impregnating his 14-year-old daughterEdward begged the court to have mercy on him because he had regretted his actions. The Accra Circuit Court today (Friday) sentenced Jim Clifford Edward, a Nigerian, to 10 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter. Edward begged the court to have mercy on him because he had regretted his actions. In response, the presiding judge, Mrs Ruby Naa Adjeley Quaison, told him that he should be the father and not the husband to his daughter. “Edward took advantage and has been having sex with the daughter since the age of nine and warned her not to tell anyone,’’ he said.

Source: GhanaWeb February 01, 2019 17:37 UTC