A 50-year-old farmer has allegedly burnt his daughter alive at Asuoso Fenaso near Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region after wife allegedly refused him sex.
The farmer allegedly set fire to a room occupied by his wife and seven others, resulting in the death of his 17-year-old daughter.
The suspect reportedly attempted to burn his wife alive following a domestic dispute, allegedly triggered by her refusal to engage in sexual intercourse.
Though many managed to escape the flames, the teenage girl who was reportedly sleeping was unable to flee on time and was killed by the blaze.
To evade justice, the farmer allegedly consumed a substance believed to be a weedicide in a suicide attempt but was accosted by some enraged youth in the community who lynched him.
