Man commits suicide in cells

Ajumako (Central Region) 23 July '99

A 52 year old Akpeteshie checker of Ajumako Co-operative Distillers Society on Sunday allegedly committed suicide while in Ajumako police cells.

A police spokesman said Kwame Dum and two others were arrested by the Ochiso police for stealing seven drums of Akpeteshie.

The accused persons were being kept in different cells pending investigation but Dum was found hanging from the roof of his cell the next morning.

The body has been sent to Cape Coast Central hospital for post mortem.