"Mother Killer" suspect in court

Reginald Hermann, 32, suspected to have killed his mother, yesterday appeared before the Tema Circuit Tribunal provisionally charged with murder. His plea was not taken and he was remanded in custody to re-appear on July 3. Reginald allegedly butchered his mother, 66 year-old Madam Nazik Bouhari, at 2230 hours on Saturday June 22 while she was sleeping in her room at the Regimauel Gray Estates, Sakumono.

Though the facts of the case were not read at the tribunal, the prosecutor told the GNA that there had been petty squabbles between Hermann and his mother over a transport business he was running on behalf of his four brothers living abroad.

He said on June 22, at about 22:30 hours, Reginald returned from town and found that the evening meal that was reserved for him was cold but there was no fire to heat it since there was no gas.

The mother asked him to use the microwave oven but he became annoyed and insulted her and retired to bed.

Not satisfied with what transpired between him and his mother, Reginald picked a blunt cutlass, rushed to his mother's room with the message that he had come to kill her and then inflicted wounds on her killing her instantly.

His younger sister, Matilda, who heard her mother's screams, went to her rescue but she had her share, as he inflicted wounds on her left hand.

After committing the crime, Reginald travelled to Aburi, Akuapem and confessed to his uncle, Mr Osei Mills, who immediately reported the case to the Aburi police, who in turn brought him to the Tema Community Police.

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