One of the defence counsels for Nana Kofi Yirenkyi aka �Jesus One Touch� on Tuesday prayed for adjournment to enable them psyche the accused up to open his defence.
Mr Paul Owusu holding brief for Mr K.N. Adomako Acheampong told an Accra Circuit Court that Yirenkyi was sick and not in the right frame of mind to open his defence.
�In the interest of justice, he should be prepared adequately so he could open his defence,� Mr Owusu added.
The court presided over by Mrs Georgina Mensah-Datsa after consulting the defence and prosecution adjourned the case to August 10.
Yirenkyi had pleaded not guilty to incest and defilement and was remanded in police custody.
On July 26 an Accra Fast Track High Court ordered Yirenkyi to open his defence.
In its ruling, the court noted that prosecution had been able to prove the essential ingredients of the charges levelled against the accused and ordered him to open his defence at the Circuit Court.
On April 26 the prosecution closed its case after calling eight witnesses and the defence declared its intention to file a submission of no case.
The submission of no case was turned down but Yirenkyi challenged that decision at the Fast Track High Court.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Sarah Kwafo who held brief for Ms Helen Kwawukume, Chief State Attorney, told the court that the Police had taken the accused to the hospital.
When the court asked Yirenkyi when he would go back to the hospital, he said no date had been fixed.
The prosecution�s case was that the victim, born out of wedlock, lived with the complainant, Madam Asamaa until 2005 when she left to live with the accused at McCarthy Hills in Accra to attend school.
It said between 2008 and 2009, accused started defiling the victim before he attended every church service.
In November 2009, the accused granted an opportunity to the victim�s mother to talk to her because she was putting up a bad behaviour.
It was during the interaction that the victim revealed her ordeal to her mother.
The victim was initially examined by a medical doctor and later transferred to the Police Hospital for further treatment.