Zenu murder case adjourned to July 23

An Accra high court on Wednesday adjourned to July 23, the case in which Lucas Agboyie, is standing trial for allegedly defiling and causing the death of a seven-year-old girl in 2015, at Zenu, near Ashiaman.

This was when the accused counsel, Mr Eric Opoku Brobbey, of the Legal Aid, informed the court that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has requested to see the family of the accused for his mental history.

He said it was to ensure that Agboyie was mentally fit to face trial as requested by the court presided by Justice Charles Ekow Baiden.

At the last adjourned date, the court heard that the report on the mental health of the accused by the hospital was ready and it would be forwarded to the court.

Agboyie also known as ‘Sympathy’, ‘Sky Lover’, Agbey or Gabriel was committed by an Accra district court on April, 2017, to stand trial at the High Court for the alleged murder of the girl.

Presenting the facts to the court, prosecution said the victim, Ruth Ankomah, was a pupil of Meshach Academy School at Zenu, Ashiaman.

The court heard that on April 2015, at about 8am, the mother of the deceased gave GH¢20.00 to the deceased to buy bread at a nearby shop for breakfast.

Prosecution said having waited for some time, without Ruth’s return, the mother searched for the girl in the area, but to no avail.

Prosecution said, one Sarah informed the victim’s mother that she saw Agboyie pulling the victim into his metal container.

The court heard that a group of people joined the girl’s mother and they entered Agboyie’s container, but they could not find the girl.

However, they found the naked body of the victim lying in a supine position on an old student mattress with blood oozing from her nostrils and mouth.

Prosecution said when Agboyie was nabbed by the search party he confessed killing the victim after having sex with her.

Prosecution said when the Police visited the scene in April 2015, they saw bruises on the neck of the deceased with her vagina swollen, while her pants, sandals and dress were lying beside her.

They also found two wrappers of cannabis sativa, GH¢10.00, a National Health Insurance card and another hospital card bearing the name of one Obeng Oscar.

Agboyie mentioned one Ali Baba, who lived nearby as the one who contracted him to kill the victim, but when the police went to the house of Ali Baba, they did not see anyone there.