A 35-year-old mason has been sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment for repeatedly defiling his two daughters at Oyibi in Accra.
The Circuit Court sentenced Charles Seddoh, housed at the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Police Headquarters, after he was found guilty on five counts of defilement and incest.
The court, presided over by Annette Sophia Essel, also ordered that the two victims be referred to a psychologist for clinical therapy to help them overcome the trauma associated with the offences.
It further directed the Police to send the victims to a shelter.
Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyei, leading the prosecution, told the court that the 18-year-old complainant was Seddoh’s first daughter and lived with her 15-year-old sister, who was the second victim.
The prosecution said Seddoh began defiling the first victim in 2018, when she was 14 years old, and continued for about seven years.
In 2021, he began defiling the second victim when she was 11 years old.
The prosecution said whenever the victims refused his sexual advances, Seddoh beat them, denied them food and threatened not to provide for them or support their education.
It said the victims complained to their father about his conduct, and he promised to stop when they entered secondary school.
On January 3, 2025, at about 1200 hours, Seddoh allegedly forced the 15-year-old victim to have sex with him, and on January 24, 2025, at about 1400 hours, he again had sex with the 18-year-old victim.
The prosecution told the court that the two victims reported the matter to the Adenta DOVVSU on January 31, 2025, and were subsequently issued police medical forms.
Four days later, on February 4, 2025, the mother of the 18-year-old victim handed a packet of Fiesta condoms to the Police, alleging that Seddoh had attempted to use them on her daughter.
Seddoh was arrested the same day.
The prosecution further said that on February 5, 2026, Seddoh led investigators, together with the two victims, to the alleged crime scene at Oyibi.
According to the prosecution, Seddoh later admitted to the offences in a caution statement given to the Police.
