A Circuit Court in Koforidua has sentenced a private security man to eight (8) years imprisonment for inflicting deep matchete wounds on his cousin.

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The convict, Daniel Addy, 52, who will serve his jail term in hard labour has also been directed to pay an amount of GHC6,000 as compensation.

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The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Hayford Osei told the court, the complainant Richard Kumi is a 25-year-old electric welder while the convict, Daniel Addy is his uncle.

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They both lived together at Koforidua-Effiduase.

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According to him, on September 13 at about 9:00 pm, confusion ensued between the two after they returned from a relative’s house at Abrewa Nkwanta, a suburb of Koforidua.

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Daniel Addy, according to prosecution, accused the complainant of allegedly stealing fish from the soup he left behind even though he denied knowledge.

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Chief Osei explained, the convict pulled out a cutlass in the heat of the argument and suddenly hacked the complainant on the head and left hand.

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He fled the scene leaving the victim in a pool of blood.

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He was rescued and rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital after which a formal complaint was lodged at the Effiduase Police station.

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Police intelligence, the prosecutor said, led to the arrest of the complainant at his hideout at Old Estate, also a suburb of Koforidua.

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Source:myjoyonline.com

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