Farmer jailed for two years for harming wife

Tarkwa, May 22, GNA - A farmer, Kwame Ackah, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in hard labour by a Tarkwa Circuit court for intentionally and unlawfully causing harm to his wife, Afua Twumwaa. He pleaded guilty.

Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Edward Paddy told the court, presided over by Mr Samuel Obeng Diawuo, that the complainant had been married to the accused for 27 years and they had three children and resided at Aboso. He said the accused person beat the complainant at the least misunderstanding but she always harboured her pain because of her children. According to Inspector Paddy, on Monday, May 16, at about 0700 hours, the complainant refused to accompany the accused to the farm on the grounds that she was tired.

So when she requested money to prepare food for him on his return, he refused to give the money and went to the farm. Inspector Paddy said when Ackah returned in the evening he accused his wife of using his cassava but she denied the charge claiming that she had relocated the cassava to save it from the sun. Ackah, the prosecutor said, however, became offended, persisted with his charge and beat his wife mercilessly resulting in a swollen cheek. He then left the house.

The Prosecutor said Twumwaa, while sitting by some boiling water, which she was going to use to nurse her injury, she was again, without any provocation, assaulted by Ackah, on his return home. Ackah pushed her towards the boiling water resulting in severe burns on her chest and right hand. Inspector Paddy said the complainant then reported the matter to the Aboso Police and the accused was arrested. On May 19, both parties were sent to the Tarkwa Division of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit.