Story: Nana Konadu Agyeman, Koforidua
FOR beating an 80-year-old woman mercilessly to death at Akyem-Sekyere in the Eastern Region, a 38-year-old taxi driver is to pay with his life by hanging.
Although the convict, Edward Boateng, pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, the Koforidua High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Kossi Efo Kaglo, pronounced him guilty after eight years of trial by a seven-member jury.
He was said to have gone to the family house of the deceased, Ama Kuman, at Akyem-Sekyere about 11.30 p.m. on January 1, 2002 to look for his sister but ended up subjecting the deceased to severe beatings before biting her right ear.
The deceased, who was rescued by her children, was rushed to the Holy Family Hospital at Nkawkaw unconscious, where he died the following day.
Prosecuting, a State Attorney, Mr Fred Tetteh, told the court that on January 1, 2002, the convict had gone to Akyem-Sekyere to look for his sister, Gladys Yaa Dansoah, who was the deceased’s son’s wife.
The prosecutor said when Boateng got to the house where his sister lived, he knocked hard on the door several times, calling her to come out, but there was no response.
The deceased, who was sleeping in her room, came out and told the convict that his sister did not come to the house to sleep but the convict became infuriated and pounced on her, beating her mercilessly until she became unconscious.
“Boateng even went to the extent of biting the right hear of the deceased but her daughter and Boateng’s sister who were sleeping in their separate rooms came out to rescue the old woman, who had become unconscious,” Mr Tetteh stated.
The deceased was then rushed to the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital and admitted but she died the following morning.
Her family reported the incident to the police, who caused the arrest of the convict on January 2, 2002.
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