{"id":462920,"date":"2018-02-09T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/court-punishes-irresponsible-father-general-news-2018-02-09\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T06:00:29","slug":"court-punishes-irresponsible-father-general-news-2018-02-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/court-punishes-irresponsible-father-general-news-2018-02-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Court punishes irresponsible father | General News 2018-02-09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  9 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/84879176.jpg\" alt=\"Court Mallet Law\" title=\"Court Mallet Law\" width=\"232\" height=\"217\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>38-year-old Yaw Korang was sanctioned for refusing to provide upkeep for 3 of his children<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518156029_609_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Kumasi District Court Two, presided over by Madam Christiana Eyiah-Donkor, has punished has a 38-year father for child non-maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Yaw Korang, a driver, has refused to provide for the upkeep of his three children and for this, he is to serve three months in prison in hard labor. He was additionally sentenced to a fine of GH?480.00 or in default, have his jail term extended by another three months.<\/p>\n<p>The court also ordered him to pay cash of GH?3,000.00 to his ex-wife, Madam Cynthia Kwarteng Amanin for the period he failed to pay for the maintenance of the children.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Inspector Joseph Bilson told the court that the convict and the former spouse have three children aged between six and 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Korang has failed to live up to his responsibility to the children and this was reported to the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU).<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution said he was invited by the unit and it was agreed that he made a monthly remittance of GH?300.00 to take care of them but ignored doing that.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Eyiah-Donkor, before handing down the punishment to him, expressed concern about the growing child neglect in the Ashanti Region and said the sentence would serve as deterrent.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 9 February 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2018-02-09 38-year-old Yaw Korang was sanctioned for refusing to provide upkeep for 3 of his children The Kumasi District Court Two, presided over by Madam Christiana Eyiah-Donkor, has punished has a 38-year father for child non-maintenance. 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