Toothpaste seller remanded for stabbing student

Kumasi, Aug. 28, GNA - A circuit court in Kumasi has remanded a toothpaste seller for stabbing a student at her back. Kwame Adom, 32, pleaded guilty with explanation that he was drunk and that the victim had provoked him and pleaded with the court to deal leniently with him. He will re-appear on September 7.

Police Chief Inspector Wilfred Salia told the court presided over by Mr Richard Mac Kogyapwah that both the accused person and the complainant's mother were traders at the Kumasi Central Market where the student, who was on vacation was supporting her mother to sell shoes. He said on August 10 around 10:30 hours, the victim who was on her usual rounds was attacked by the suspect without any provocation. The prosecution said in an ensuing struggle, Adom stabbed the victim in the back.

Chief Inspector Salia said the victim who became unconscious was taken to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) where she was admitted for treatment.