Two remanded in custody for abortion.

A 25-year herbalist and his sister, who allegedly caused the death of a 16-year old girl by giving her a concoction to abort her three months' old pregnancy were arraigned at the Suhum Community tribunal on a provisional charge of murder.

The herbalist, Moses Kwasi Adjei alias Alhaji and the sister, Augustina Sagbagi, 23, a farmer, whose pleas were not taken have been remanded in custody until April 3.

Prosecuting Police Chief Inspector Frank A. Larbi said, both the accused persons and the deceased live in the same village at Obretema, a farming village, near Suhum. He said, the deceased, who is a friend to Sagbagi, told her about the pregnancy and wanted someone to abort it for her.

According to Chief Inspector Larbi, after Sagbagi had introduced the deceased to his brother Agyei, he mixed some concoction for the deceased to drink.

He said, on March 11, this year, the deceased became seriously sick, and was rushed to the Suhum Government hospital but died soon on admission. An autopsy revealed that she died as a result of criminal abortion, Chief Inspector Larbi added.