Woman fined court for beating daughter

Accra, July 25, GNA - A 35 year-old trader who was arraigned at an Accra Circuit Court for hitting her daughter's eyes with a ladle after subjecting her to severe beatings was on Friday sentenced a fine of five million cedis. Vida Addo, in default would go to jail for 24 months.

In addition to the fine, Vida would pay 10 million cedis as compensation to the victim, who cannot see with her left eye. Vida pleaded guilty to intentionally causing unlawful harm. The facts as presented by Police Inspector Emmanuel Boison were that the 11-year-old girl's parents lived at La in Accra until a misunderstanding arose between the couple and their marriage broke up about 12 years ago.

Vida left the victim with her father after the divorce and the man sent the girl to her grandmother. Sometime last year, her grandmother wanted to punish her for an offence she had committed but she ran to her mother. The victim lived with Vida until November last year when she misbehaved.

Vida subjected the victim to severe beatings and hit her with a ladle and asked her to go and stay to her father.