Woman in court for threat of death

Kade, Sept. 16, GNA - Alima Issaka, fried plantain and beans seller, charged with threatening to kill a hairdresser with a broken bottle and knife and also for acts tending to disturb the peace, pleaded guilty with explanation to both charges when she appeared before the Kade District Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

When the court asked Alima to give her explanation for her action, she said she neither threatened Elizabeth Osei, the complainant, nor rained insults on her, an act viewed as an act intended to cause breach of the peace.


The magistrate, Mr Abdul Majid Illiasu therefore entered a plea of not guilty for her and granted her bail in the sum of GHc800 with one surety to re-appear on September 27.


Police Inspector Francis Cobbina, prosecuting, told the court that both the accused and the complainant lived at Pramkese in the Kwaebibirem District.


He said some time ago, Alima verbally attacked the complainant and since then the two were not on good terms.


On August 9 this year, at about 1200 hours, the complainant was with others in front of her shop when a friend, one Akosua, called her.

The prosecutor said when Alima who was selling her fried plantain and beans saw Akosua chatting with the complainant, she ordered Akosua to leave where she was standing.


When the complainant asked Akosua not to mind Alima, she became furious and hurled insults on the complainant, calling her a prostitute, dirty and stupid woman.


Not satisfied with the insults, she picked a bottle, broke it and together with a knife threatened to stab the complainant.


The complainant quickly rushed to the police station to lodge a complaint.


The police twice invited the accused through her mother and sister but she refused to honour the invitations, so a criminal summons was served on her to appear in court.