Accra (Greater Accra), 9th June 99 -

Joshua Addo-Boi, a welder who allegedly made his 16-year-old daughter pregnant, on Tuesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Tribunal charged with incest.

Addo-Boi, 45, pleaded not guilty and was granted five million cedis bail with one surety to appear again on July six.

Police Inspector Alex Yartey Tawiah told the tribunal chaired by Mrs Elizabeth Anderson Yeboah that the girl lives with her father in the same house at La in Accra.

The prosecutor said the mother of the victim, Madam Nana Adwoa, was divorced by her husband, Addo-Boi, when their daughter was seven years old.

Inspector Tawiah said the accused, who had a big sexual appetite, took advantage of his wife's absence from the house to sexually abuse his daughter which has resulted in her being eight months pregnant.

According to the prosecutor, the victim reported the conduct of his father to her mother, who informed the family, but their efforts to contact Addo-Boi on the issue failed.

They, therefore, reported the matter to the Women and Juvenile unit of the Police Service.

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