A 43-year-old mechanic, Michael Akwasi Agyapong, who impregnated his 18-year-old daughter, was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
Again, the law breaks up a family. And for what? What is to become of the family he leaves behind?
Agyapong pleaded not guilty to incest before the court presided over by Mrs Georgina Mensah-Datsa.
However, the court, after a six-week trial, found him guilty.
They were ratted out by neighbors. The news does not cite a complaint by the woman. This was not a rape charge. It was a charge against a man for having consensual sex with another adult who was arguably in a spousal type relationship with him. Let consenting adults have their lives. Consanguinamory should not be a crime.
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