The Asamankese Circuit Court has sentenced  a 42-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment  for impregnating his own daughter and aborting  it under threat.

The convict, Collins Boadi, initially told Police he was 22 but later changed his age to 42.

During arrest, the convict confessed to police to have committed the offence.

He was charged with Incest, abortion and threatening.

The Court  found him guilty on all  three counts and sentenced as follow as follows: eight(8) years for Incest, three(3) years for abortion and two years for threatening.

However, the sentence for  threatening  and Incest are to run concurrently.