An Accra High Court has sentenced to death by hanging, Yaw Anokye Frimpong, the 22-year-old man, accused of killing the two African-American women at Akwamufie in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, in May 2015.
A seven-member jury in a uninamous decision found Frimpong guilty after he had confessed to the murder of the two African-American women.
The two – Nzinga Janna, 69, and Mame Lena Diop, 75, were killed at their home and buried in a nearby bush at Akwamufie on May 5, 2015.
The murder was discovered after their neighbours became suspicious after almost 24hrs of their disappearance.
Reports say a blood-stained club was found lying on the floor of Jaana’s room as well as a rubber bag also covered with blood stains and stashed in a dustbin when their rooms were broken into.
The police were informed where their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave near a farm within the community after extensive search.
This led to arrest of six suspects in connection with the case including a driver, Yaw Anokye Frimpong, who later confessed that he single-handedly committed the offence.
Reading her judgment, the Judge, Justice Merley Afua Wood, asked for God’s clemency on the soul of the accused as he faced death.
