Fear of being jailed forces suspect to commit suicide

A 30-year old vulcaniser, and father of two, Dumenu Mensah, alias Macho, was found 'hanged in his uncompleted three bedroom house at 'Low Cost', a suburb of Hohoe in the Volta region.

The P&P says its information revealed that "Macho" probably committed this gruesome act, because of his growing fear of serving a longer jail sentence, after being remanded in custody at the Ho Central Prisons for two weeks for pulling his neighbours manhood and causing him extensive pain during a fight last year.

According to his close friend and co-worker Kobla, alias "Azanman," ever since he returned from remand, he had been entertaining the fear that he would be serving a longer term, if judgement was passed on the case. His co-worker noted that the deceased always recalled the bitter and difficult experience that he had during his time in remand, and he greatly feared going back.

Kobla indicated that he was with the deceased the night before he died, and he even wrote a letter for him to his sister in Kumasi.

The contents centred on his pending court case and the financial difficulties he was facing, therefore he was pleading with his sister to help him. All this while, Kobla said there was nothing to show that "Macho" was hatching such a diabolic plan.

Amidst tears, his new wife Akua Okyere, who is about four months pregnant, said during the past week, the husband was very depressed and was saying very strange things.