By Erica Apeatua Addo
Tarkwa (W/R), April 17, GNA-A metal welder residing at Sun City, a suburb of Aboso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region, has been fined GH¢6,000 for unlawfully causing harm to a businesswoman.
Mohammed Awal, 29, pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.
The convict in default of the fine would serve five years in prison.
The court has also ordered him to pay a sum of GH¢10,000 by April 30, 2024, as compensation to the victim.
Prosecuting, Police Superintendent Juliana Essel-Dadzie told the Tarkwa Circuit Court that the complainant (name withheld) resided at New Site, a suburb of Tarkwa, but was currently out of town to seek medical care.
The Prosecution said on Monday, March 11, 2024, at about 1800 hours, the complainant sent some products to her customer, Ibrahim Ali, who lived in the same house as Awal but did not meet him.
The complainant called Ali on the phone, and he directed her to wait for him in the house and she agreed.
However, while waiting, another lady who lived in the same house brought out some secondhand clothes and a witness in the case decided to purchase some.
Supt. Essel-Dadzie said Awal, who was then in the bathroom, came out and warned the complainant to keep quiet as she was making excessive noise.
Awal called the complainant a prostitute after which he left the house and returned around 1900 hours and met the complainant standing close to a gutter.
He then subjected her to severe beating until she fell unconscious with multiple deep wounds on her right leg, the prosecution said.
Some residents in the neighborhood rescued the complainant and took her to the Aboso Health Centre where she was treated and discharged.
The complainant reported the matter to the Aboso Police and on March 18, 2024, at about 1300 hours, Ali and his friend Daniel Mandela arrested Awal and handed him over to the police to aid investigations.
GNA