The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old ex-convict, Kofi Essien, also known as ‘Buffon,’ to eight years in prison with hard labor for threatening to harm his mother at Wassa Essikuma in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.
Essien, an illegal miner, who was also charged with causing unlawful damage, pleaded guilty with an explanation to both counts.
Prosecuting Chief Superintendent Alex Odonkor narrated to the court, presided over by Mrs. Hathia Ama Manu, that the complainant, Madam Agnes Boadi, a 47-year-old farmer, was the biological mother of Essien.
The complainant and Essien resided in the same house at Wassa Essikuma.
The court heard that about two years ago, Essien returned from prison and realized that the complainant was in a relationship with a certain man. Essien was unhappy about it and warned her to end the relationship.
Chief Superintendent Odonkor said the complainant refused to discontinue the relationship, and since then, Essien threatened to kill her.
The prosecution said that two weeks ago, Essien continued his usual attacks on the complainant, and for fear of losing her life, she left the house and spent the night with her boyfriend, who lived in the same town.
The next day, Essien followed the complainant to the boyfriend’s house and ordered her to return home, but she refused.
The prosecutor said the convict, who became upset, returned home, picked a cutlass, and used it to damage the key in the complainant’s door.
Chief Superintendent Odonkor said Essien, not satisfied with his actions, went for a pickaxe and used it to create holes in the walls of the building. The total value of the items damaged was GH¢2,570.00.
He said the complainant reported the case at the Wassa Aboso police station, where Essien was arrested to assist with investigations.
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