A 48-year-old mason on Thursday appeared before an Accra circuit court for chopping off the right ear of his uncle. <\/p>\n
Samuel Adjei Klu pleaded not guilty to the offence, but the court, presided over by Justice D.E.K. Darkeste remanded him into police custody to reappear on April 9.<\/p>\n
The victim, Mr Okang Boye, who could not stand the pain from the wound in the heat at the court’s sitting, was dressed only in a singlet and had a wet towel around his neck to cool down and cover his chopped ear.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector John K. Anim prayed the court to remand the accused in custody while investigations continued. The facts of the case are that Mr Boye, a shepherd, lived in the same area with his nephew at Teshie Numai Gonno. He said Klu had 18 year-old son called Kanto who had been sleeping in a room in Mr Boye’s house belonging to a late sister of Boye. However, because of Kanton’s disrespect for Mr Boye, he was ejected from the room on March 28.<\/p>\n
Klu on hearing that Kanton had been ejected from his late mother’s room by Boye did not take kindly to the action and had a confrontation with Boye which resulted in a fight. He said Kanton and two others now at large were also involved in the fight during which Klu chopped off the right ear of Boye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n