Friday 21st September, 2018
By Isaac
Arkoh/Clement Eshun/Isaac Asirifi, GNA
Cape Coast, Sept. 21, GNA – A 26-year-old
herbalist from Krofofordo near Cape Coast was on Thursday remanded into police
custody by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for causing harm.
The accused, Kwamena Issah slashed the lower
abdomen of someone he suspected of stealing his mobile phone during a
confrontation between the two.
He pleaded not guilty
By Isaac
Arkoh/Clement Eshun/Isaac Asirifi, GNA
Cape Coast, Sept. 21, GNA – A 26-year-old
herbalist from Krofofordo near Cape Coast was on Thursday remanded into police
custody by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for causing harm.
The accused, Kwamena Issah slashed the lower
abdomen of someone he suspected of stealing his mobile phone during a
confrontation between the two.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge and will
re-appear in the Court presided over by Mrs Abena Amponsa on Monday, September
24 for trial to continue.
The Prosecutor, Detective Chief Inspector,
John Asare Bediako said, the complainant Mr Eric Andoh a Civil Servant, lives
at Kramo-Tawiah and the accused lives at Krofofordo both in the Cape Coast
Metropolis.
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at about 0730
hours, Issah went to the complainant’s house and demanded from him a mobile
phone he suspected Mr Andoh had stolen but they were separated.
However, Issah returned a day after and
engaged Mr. Andoh in another scuffle and slashed his abdomen with a cutlass.
Mr Andoh was immediately rushed to the Cape
Coast Teaching Hospital and was admitted for two-weeks and made a report to the
police after he had been discharged.
GNA