Unemployed man gets 18-month imprisonment term for causing harm

A 19-year-old unemployed man has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for causing harm at Nketia near Abuakwa.

Aaron Atta pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing harm but was convicted after a full trial of the case.

Police Detective Chief Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Mrs Philomena Ansaah Asiedu that complainant Owusu Boakye Yiadom was a disc jockey (DJ) residing at Nketia, while the convict resided at Adankwame.

He said on December 2, 2025, at about 11:30 a.m., the complainant, on his way to work, got to his house at Nketia and heard some unusual noise inside the house, so he went nearer and saw the convict coming down from the ceiling, trying to escape.

He got hold of him and tried to arrest him, but the convict stabbed him in his shoulder and the left side of his stomach and fled.

The complainant bled profusely but chased the convict and, with the help of some nearby people, he was arrested and handed over to the Asuofua Police.

In his caution statement, he admitted the offence and, after further investigations, he was charged and brought before the court.

The complainant was also rushed to the Suntreso Government Hospital but was later transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), where he was admitted, treated and discharged.