Man Imprisoned For Cleaving Off Another Man’s Ear Over Sweetheart.

The Circuit Court in Accra has condemned a 44-year-elderly person Joseph Mensah Amartey to a six-month prison term in the wake of slashing off the ear of one Japhet Tetteh Josiah over his sweetheart.

The blamed individual who was summoned and accused of the offense of causing hurt conceded for the offense and was sentenced on his own request.

In his request for relief with the court, the charged individual said “I know very well that I have submitted the offense” and appealed to God for pardoning.

The court managed by Her Honor Mrs Pricilla Dapaah Mireku in passing on her sentence said the denounced individual is a first time wrongdoer and furthermore didn’t burn through the hour of the come.

The court stated, the blamed is condemned to a half year in jail, and notwithstanding the prison term, said the denounced is likewise to pay a pay of GHc2, 000 to the complainant.

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Brief realities

Boss Inspector John Gohoho told the court that the complainant is Japhet Teeteh Josiah an IT Engineer while denounced individual Joseph Mensah Amartey 44 is jobless.

As indicated by him, the Complainant and blamed individual live at Teshie on August 13, 2020 at about 9:30pm while complainant and his better half Emelia Laryea who is an observer for this situation were on their way home, charged individual rose and tailed them about 500m.

Boss Inspector Gohoho said denounced individual held observer hand to tail him home and overlook complainant, however witness turned the charged individual’s solicitation down.

He told the court that a misconception resulted among complainant and blamed individual and in the process blamed individual slashed off part for the ear.

The complainant he said detailed the issue to the police, complainant was given with a clinical structure to go to emergency clinic and later drove police to capture blamed individual from his den.

The investigator said during examinations, it was uncovered that witness Emelia Laryea was dating and charged individual thus when he saw the observer following the complainant he got brutal and assaulted complainant.

He stated, the denounced individual in his alert explanation conceded the offense and after examinations he was charged and brought under the watchful eye of this noteworthy court.