65 Year old Man Jailed in Accra for Sleeping with and Impregnating His 16 Year old Granddaughter

This old man decided to go for his own granddaughter when he felt like it, but an Accra Circuit Court frowned upon his decision, and sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

Emmanuel Oko Lartey, 64, was arraigned on charges of defilement and incest, for both of which the judge found him guilty. He was sentenced to 10 and 15 years respectively on both counts, but the sentences are to run concurrently.

The incidents occurred last year, as narrated to the court by the prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sarah Acquah, and as reported by the Ghana News Agency.

The victim used to run errands for her grandfather, and the old man took advantage of the situation to sleep with her twice, leading to the victim’s pregnancy.

When he realised she was pregnant, Lartey took the victim to an undisclosed location, where he kept her hidden until she delivered.

Her parents made a complaint to the police, leading to the arrest and prosecution of Lartey, who is the victim’s grandfather on the maternal side.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge, but the judge found otherwise and imposed the sentence on him, one I sincerely hope was with hard labour.

It’s one thing to defile a young girl, especially looking at the difference in ages. It is another to commit incest; but to combine the two in some kind of sexual pervert’s grand slam is another thing altogether- and Emmanuel Lartey deserves every second of that sentence meted out to him.