Divorcee gets crazy and commits suicide

Evelyn Mantebea, a 28 year-old divorcee, became mad and committed suicide after the former husband had refused her access to her child.

The body of Mantebea was seen dangling from a tree on Sunday morning by her brother, the Suhum Police told journalists on Wednesday. The Police said a lantern, which she used at night was found under the tree.

Mantebea was married and stayed in Accra with her husband and child but after she was divorced she moved to stay with her parents at Suhum and later suffered some mental illness.

She had been going to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for treatment and on December 12, during one of her visits, she went to her former matrimonial home but the ex-husband did not allow her to see the child.

When Mantebea returned to Suhum she brooded over the behaviour of the former husband and complained to friends and relatives but nothing was done about her predicament so she decided to end it all, the Police said.