A 47-year-old farmer who fathered five children with his biological daughter is in the grip of the law.
According to the officials,
Hatekah began having an affair with his daughter after his wife died.
His alleged incestuous act was brought to their attention by the local chief of the community, TorgbeSekpetey II of Gonu Ashiagborkorpe, in the Volta Region. Unlike the Josef Fritzl incest case, the residents of the community had known of Hatekah’s incestuous act all these years. He got away because the people were afraid of him as he threatened to kill anybody who dared to criticise him or make a report to the police.
Yao Hatekah impregnated his daughter, known as Baby, when she was 11 years old and subsequently had children aged 14, 12, 3, 2 and a month-and-a-half-old with her.
Hatekah, who pleaded guilty to the charge of incest on June 20, 2012, changed his plea to not guilty when he reappeared before the Sogakope Circuit Court, 4 July 2012.
According to him, he had one child with his daughter and was not responsible for her other children.
The court, subsequently, remanded him to reappear on July 12, 2012.
It would be recalled that in April 2008, a 46-year-old woman, Elisabeth Fritzl of Amstetten, Austria, made a report to the police that she had been held captive for 24 years in a concealed corridor part of the basement area of the family home, a condominium-style apartment complex built by her father, Josef Fritzl (77), and that Fritzl had physically assaulted, sexually abused, and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment. The incestuous relationship forced upon her by her father resulted in the birth of seven children and one miscarriage.
His alleged incestuous act was brought to their attention by the local chief of the community, TorgbeSekpetey II of Gonu Ashiagborkorpe, in the Volta Region. Unlike the Josef Fritzl incest case, the residents of the community had known of Hatekah’s incestuous act all these years. He got away because the people were afraid of him as he threatened to kill anybody who dared to criticise him or make a report to the police.
Yao Hatekah impregnated his daughter, known as Baby, when she was 11 years old and subsequently had children aged 14, 12, 3, 2 and a month-and-a-half-old with her.
Hatekah, who pleaded guilty to the charge of incest on June 20, 2012, changed his plea to not guilty when he reappeared before the Sogakope Circuit Court, 4 July 2012.
According to him, he had one child with his daughter and was not responsible for her other children.
The court, subsequently, remanded him to reappear on July 12, 2012.
It would be recalled that in April 2008, a 46-year-old woman, Elisabeth Fritzl of Amstetten, Austria, made a report to the police that she had been held captive for 24 years in a concealed corridor part of the basement area of the family home, a condominium-style apartment complex built by her father, Josef Fritzl (77), and that Fritzl had physically assaulted, sexually abused, and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment. The incestuous relationship forced upon her by her father resulted in the birth of seven children and one miscarriage.
