Illegal Miner Sentenced To 18-Year Imprisonment With Hard Labour For Harming Friend
- The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced an illegal miner to an 18-year prison term with hard labour
- The illegal miner was convicted for butchering his friend's wrist during a drunken brawl at home
- A good Samaritan rushed the injured friend to the hospital while the police arrested the illegal miner
An illegal miner has been sentenced to an 18-year prison term with hard labour for causing harm to his friend.
According to the prosecutor, the illegal miner, Akwasi Issac, 22, also known as Akwasman, had stumbled home from town heavily drunk when he proceeded to harass his friend Kwaku Yeboah, who was fast asleep.
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The state prosecutor, Chief Inspector Lartey, said that irritated by Isaac’s harassment, Yeboah had attempted several ways to get Isaac from continuing with his harassment, but Isaac would not budge.
He finally used a cutlass to hit Isaac’s back, which got him infuriated.
The two soon started fighting.
Irate, Isaac went to fetch a cutlass and attempted to slash Yeboah, but in his attempt to block it, Yeboah’s right wrist got chopped off.
A good Samaritan rushed Yeboah to the Greenshield Hospital in Sefwi Bekwai, where he received treatment and was later discharged.
Following the incident, a mob attacked Isaac, but he pretended to be unconscious till the police arrived and took him away.
At the police station, Isaac admitted the crime and was arraigned before the Asankragwa District Court, which placed him on remand to aid investigations.
Akwasi Isaac, however, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before the Tarkwa Circuit Court.
Stone-throwing man arrested at airport
A man was recently arrested after he attempted to disrupt activities at the Prempeh I International Airport in Kumasi.
The yet-to-be-identified man stormed the airport with stones and attempted to attack some workers he bumped into.
A video shared on social media showed the young man carrying stones while engaged in an altercation with some airport workers. The group overpowered him and handed him over to the police.
He was heard shouting "Awurade ei" (meaning "Lord" in Twi) as airport personnel subdued him before transferring him to police custody.
Police arrest man threatening to shoot police
YEN.com.gh reported that the Ghana Police Service has arrested the man who went viral for threatening to shoot some public officials.
The Ghana Police Service had placed a GH¢50,000 bounty on his head before his arrest.
The man alleged that the government is recruiting foot soldiers into the police service in an attempt to rig the election.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
