Upper West: Court jails father 20 years for incest, death threat

“The conviction follows investigation and prosecution by the Lawra District Police, upon a complaint, which established that the convict has sexually abused his 17-year biological daughter, JHS student, over an extended period amid threats of death if she ever disclosed his escapades to anyone,” the statement said.“The Court sentenced the convict to twenty (20) years imprisonment for incest and ten (10) years imprisonment for threat of death, both sentences to run concurrently In Hard Labour,” the police stated.

A Circuit Court in Lawra has handed a 20-year prison sentence to a 47-year-old father after finding him guilty of sexually abusing his 17-year-old biological daughter and threatening her with death.