{"id":391326,"date":"2017-05-20T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/two-brothers-battle-in-court-24-months-after-assault\/"},"modified":"2017-05-20T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:15:25","slug":"two-brothers-battle-in-court-24-months-after-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/two-brothers-battle-in-court-24-months-after-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Two brothers \u2018battle\u2019 in court 24 Months after assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Accra Circuit Court will on May 24, 2017, determine the fate o, a truck pusher, who allegedly attacked his brother with a piece of wood embedded with a nail, leading to a serious injury on the brother\u2019s forehead.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In a clear case of an escalating family feud, Agbeyenga is alleged to have lost his cool during an altercation with his senior brother and committed the said act in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>During his appearance in court, Dzikunu Agbenyega pleaded guilty with explanation to a charge of causing harm.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>But the court presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, deferred sentencing after a lengthy explanation from the accused person and granted him bail in the sum of Gh\u00a26,000 with one surety.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecutor, Inspector Kofi Atimbire,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega<\/span>and his senior brother resided in the same family house at Abossey Okai, a suburb of Accra.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The two brothers, he said, were not on speaking terms and they quarrelled on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the prosecutor said, the senior brother was preparing porridge in front of his room when\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega\u00a0<\/span>approached him and started teasing him about a certain issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The bother did not take kindly to\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega<\/span>\u2019s utterance and got into a fight with him. In the course of the fight, the prosecutor claimed Agbeyenga took a wooden slab fused with a nail and hit his brother with it.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>According to Inspector Atimbire, Agbeyenga\u2019s brother bled profusely from his injuries and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In his explanation,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega\u00a0<\/span>expressed surprise at his brother for reporting the incident to the police.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the matter had already been settled by the head of their family, and therefore, it came as a shock to him when the police contacted him to appear in court even though the incident took place two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>He accused his senior brother of verbally assaulting him on countless occasions and at one point, he claimed the brother called his wife a prostitute.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega<\/span>\u2019s brother, who was in court, denied the accused person\u2019s assertions and stated that the family head failed to settle the matter because of\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega<\/span>\u2019s attitude.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>He claimed\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega<\/span>\u00a0was a marijuana addict who had made it his agenda to disturb him on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Due to the varied views presented by the two brothers, the presiding judge ordered them to bring witnesses on the next adjourned date to help the court determine the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Agbenyega<\/span>\u00a0was ordered to bring his wife, who he claimed was called a prostitute by his brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The senior brother on the other hand was ordered to bring the head of the family to verify his claims that attempts to settle the matter had failed.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t              <!-- new position --><br \/>\n          <!-- new position end -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Accra Circuit Court will on May 24, 2017, determine the fate o, a truck pusher, who allegedly attacked his brother with a piece of wood embedded with a nail, leading to a serious injury on the brother\u2019s forehead. &#13; 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