A 38-year-old electrician accused of strangling his 20-year-old girlfriend to death at Kpone Bawaleshie in the Greater Accra Region has been remanded into police custody by a Kaneshie District Court.

Kwame Krampah, aka Awana, is said to have tied the deceased’s neck from behind with a blue nylon rope and strangled her after which he allegedly had sex with the dead body before burying it in the neighborhood.

The court has allowed Krampah, who is accused of murder, to maintain his plea.

He was ordered to appear again on September 5, 2023 by the court presided over by Ms. Ama Adomako Kwakye.

According to the prosecution, which was overseen by Chief Inspector Margaret O. Boadi, the accused also worked as a plumber while the complainant Joyce Agbo was a trader.

The complainant and Krampah were said to live in Bawaleshie.

The complainant, Judith Kpeglo's mother, was the defendant, according to the prosecution.

The deceased, who worked as a student teacher at a school in Kpone Bawaleshie, was said by the prosecutor to have left for work on July 11, 2023, but never came home.

According to the report, the complainant reported her missing daughter (who has since passed away) to the police on July 17, 2023.

The boyfriend of the deceased, Krampah, was detained, according to the prosecution, as a result of intelligence.

Investigations had shown that on July 11, 2023, at or around 2:00 p.m., the deceased had left the school to purchase food before going to the accused's home to consume it.

According to the report, after the deceased finished eating, she informed Krampah that she was returning to school. Unprompted, Krampah then attacked the deceased from behind with a blue nylon rope and strangled her.

It stated that Krampah buried the deceased on a nearby plot at around 10:00 p.m. the same day.

The prosecution claimed that Krampah admitted the crime in his caution statement and directed the police to the location of the alleged burial site.

The body was exhumed with a court order, according to the prosecution, and deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.