Nephews remanded for murdering uncle

Awutu Beraku (C/R), Sept. 8 GNA - The Awutu Beraku Magistrate Court, has remanded in prison custody two farmers from Gomoa Akramah, who stabbed their uncle Kwesi Ntsie to death over 50 Ghana pesewas. The pleas of Kofi Essel, 25, and Kwesi Kwanan, 30, were not taken and the court presided over by Mr Kofi Ahiabor ordered them to reappear on September 10, 2008.

Narrating the facts of the case to the court, Police Inspector Emmanuel Ofori, said on August 4, 2008 at about 1400 hours, the two accused persons confronted their uncle who was returning from town and demanded an amount of Gp50 he owed them. He said this resulted in a fight during which Kwanan held the hands of the uncle while Essel stabbed him in the stomach and the back with a chisel.

Inspector Ofori said after the crime, the assailants fled into the bush for fear of being lynched by the residents of the town. He said they later sought refuge with their step father, who is a pastor of Twelve Apostles Church at Awutu Ahentia. The prosecution said the pastor after hearing that the two men have committed the crime, informed the Odikro (Chief) of the town, who mobilised people and arrested nephews and handed them over to the Awutu Beraku Police.