Man Convicted For Biting Stepdaughter

Before proceeding to serve a five-year jail term, a 27-year-old convict yesterday turned to his wife and asked, “would you wait for me or marry another man?”

There was no answer for the man, Kwadwo Akyedee, who had been convicted for assaulting and causing harm to his two-year-old stepdaughter.

Akyedee was said to have bitten the right cheek, left arm and the chest of his victim and used a cane to whip her, leaving scars on her back.

The Public Relations Officer of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Inspector Irene Oppong, told the Daily Graphic that the victim's mother, Madam Dina Bamante, left the little girl in the care of her husband, while she went to the market.

On her return, Madam Bamante observed marks of human bite on the victim's right cheek, left arm and the chest.

Inspector Oppong said when Madam Bamante questioned Akyedee, he denied knowledge but later admitted that he bite her to stop her from crying.

She said at another time, a concerned citizen living in the same area saw Akyedee lashing the victim at the back.

She said when the concerned citizen, who was the complainant in the case, questioned Akyedee as to why he was beating the little girl so inhumanely, he said she eased herself on the floor instead of using a potty he had provided.

According to Inspector Oppong, the complainant reported a case of assault and abuse of a toddler by Akyedee to the nungau police.

The victim is currently on admission at the Police Hospital.

Story by Albert K. Salia