Monday, April 26, 2010

Seventeen-year-old girl rescued from custodial dad who "defiled" her (Bamunanika, Uganda)

Dad RICHARD OKUMU is being held at the police station, while "investigations" continue into his repeated "defilement (i.e. rape) of his 17-year-old daughter, who became pregnant and was forced into an abortion. No mention of the girl's mother. Sounds like this is essentially a custodial father, since the girl lived with him.

http://www.ugpulse.com/articles/daily/news.asp?about=Father+makes+daughter+pregnant+&ID=14290

Uganda People News: Father makes daughter pregnant
First published: 20100426 6:37:12 AM EST

A seventeen year old girl has been rescued from her father who repeatedly defiled her and became pregnant as a result.

The girl has been living with her father identified as Richard Okumu in Bamunanika, Luweero district. She has been rescued today by the area LCI chairperson after a tip off.

Okumu is being held at Bamunanika police station as investigations continue.

The girl told police that her father had defiled her over five times. The police officer in charge of family affairs at Bamunanika police, Rosemary Atim says they are planning to take the girl to the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect or any other organization for help.

The girl says her father forced her to abort when he learnt that the girl had become pregnant.