The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has convicted a couple, Oko Agyemang and Christiana Annan for beating the girlfriend of the man known as “side chick.
The couple who are traders admitted to beating the ‘side chick’, Helena Opoku, and were convicted on their own plea.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mark Tair-ima Diboro who presided over the court deferred the sentence until May 21, 2022.
Police Chief Inspector, Christian Osborn Amartey told the Court that Helena, the complainant was unemployed and a neighbour to the couple at Ahenema-Kokoben in the Asante Region.
He said about three months ago Agyemang proposed to Helena after convincing her that he had divorced his wife.
The Prosecution said the complainant agreed and they started dating on the blind side of Annan.
It said as the relationship progressed, the complainant traveled to her hometown at Asante-Bekwai and on her return, she gathered that Agyemang was still married to his wife hence she (the complainant) could not go to his house again so, she went to her mother’s house.
The prosecution said on April 18, 2022, at about 1900 hours, the complainant went to Agyemang’s house and met Annan, and decided to apologize to her for accepting Agyemang’s proposal.
It said Annan took offence and started beating her with a metal bar.
The Court heard that in the process Agyemang joined his wife and dragged the complainant to the ground with Annan inserting her fingers into her vagina.
The prosecution said the couple later took the complainant’s phones and locked her up in a room till the next day.
It said the complainant, with bruises over her body and a cut on her right thumb, reported the case to the police leading to the arrest of the couple.
CCF’s crime prevention advocacy
Aside paying the fines of petty offenders and re-integrating them into society, Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has introduced programmes including the latest ‘Stay Away From Trouble’ as part of its crime prevention advocacy project.
Through these programmes CCF cautions the general public against acts that could land them in trouble in a bid to curb crime.
The Foundation screens one-on-one interviews with prison inmates bringing to bear acts that landed them in prison and the difficulties they face in custody.
