An
Accra Circuit Court 10 has sentenced a chief to a fine of GH¢4,800 or in default
serve two years in prison for threatening the life of a business man.
The
convict, Nii Kotey, a chief and a resident of Abease in the Greater Accra Region,
was also ordered by the court to sign a bond of good behaviour for two years.
He
was sentenced by Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye last Wednesday because he was found
guilty of death threats he issued to Duke Dugbartey, aka Boafoyena of Treba,
near Kuntunse in Accra.
According
to the prosecutor, Nii Kotey threatened to kill the complainant (Mr. Dugbartey)
if he came to Abease to do business.
The
facts presented by the prosecutor, Inspector Benson Benneh, were that both the
chief (convict) and the business man (complainant) already have a case pending
at the Accra Circuit Court 4.
He
said that the parties came to court on November 13, 2017 relative to the
pending case, and that as soon as Nii Kotey saw Mr. Dugbartey walking out of
the courtroom after an adjournment, he threatened in the presence of some
witnesses that he would kill the complainant should he (complainant) come to
Abease to inspect his businesses.
Inspector
Benneh told the court that the complainant reported the matter to the police
and when the convict was contacted and invited to come over to the police
station to give his side of the story, he failed to do so.
The
prosecutor further said that on November 21, 2017, Mr. Dugbartey went to Abease
at about 5 pm to attend to his businesses when the convict again confronted and
threatened him with death, but some nearby witnesses swiftly intervened and
cooled down tempers.
He said the conduct of Nii Kotey compelled the complainant to prepare criminal summons against him, leading to his conviction and sentencing to a fine, while he was also ordered to sign a two-year bond of good behaviour.
