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Crime & Punishment of Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Source: www.atinkaonline.com

Lady who stabbed father to death to undergo psychiatric examination

A photo of a murder weapon A photo of a murder weapon

Daniella Nyarko, the 21-year-old lady who stabbed her amputee father to death at BBC, a suburb of Tema on the 30th of May 2021, has been remanded into police custody by a District Magistrate Court in Tema, to re-appear on the 15th of June 2021.

The suspect is facing a provisional murder charge.

Submission was made by the prosecutor for the suspect to be remanded into a psychiatric hospital for medical assessment due to her current mental state.

However, the judge, Joseph McArthur directed the prosecutor to formally move a motion to enable the court remand the suspect into psychiatric hospital.

The motion has since been prepared to be moved by close of today June 2, 2021