Taxi Driver Jailed For Life After Killing UPSA Girlfriend In 2015

Taxi Driver Jailed For Life After Killing UPSA Girlfriend In 2015

  • A taxi driver, Paul Evename, has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend at Madina
  • His victim was a third-year Banking and Finance student at the University of Professional Studies, Accra
  • Evename pleaded with his family and that of his deceased girlfriend to forgive him for the killing which occurred on November 12, 2015

The High Court in Accra has sentenced a taxi driver, Paul Evename, to life imprisonment for murdering his girlfriend at Madina in Accra.

His girlfriend, Jennifer Attieku, was a third-year Banking and Finance student at the University of Professional Studies.

Taxi Driver Jailed After Killing UPSA
The fatal stabbing took place in November 2015 and the culprit is spending the rest of his life in jail.
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Ghanaian Times reported that the jury found Evename guilty by unanimous decision.

The murder occurred on November 12, 2015. Evename pleaded with his family and that of his deceased girlfriend to forgive him for his actions.

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Evename had been arguing with Attieku, who decided to end the relationship. He, in turn, threatened to kill her two days before the eventual murder.

Attieku informed her brother of the threat, and they both reported it to the police.

On November 12, 2015, Evename bought a kitchen knife and went to a hostel where Attieku was lodging, where he stabbed her multiple times, killing her. He subsequently tried to take his own life.

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In another similar stabbing incident recently, a level 200 student was stabbed to death after stabbing her boyfriend in a fit of jealousy.

The young lady had rushed to her boyfriend's house on an Okada after a friend told her her boyfriend had brought a different woman into his house.

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The police say the boyfriend stabbed her in the spur of the moment after wrestling the knife from her.

Mother and kids stabbed to death at Kasoa

YEN.com.gh reported that a mother and her two kids were stabbed to death at Net Link Estate in Kasoa. The middle-aged woman, Alberta Armah Hagan, and her daughters were found with stab wounds.

The incident left their community in a state of shock and mourning. Her deceased kids were aged nine months and six years old, while one other kid, a six-year-old boy, was wounded.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.