I will kill you like a snake - Accused

An Accra Community Tribunal on Tuesday remanded in prison custody George Fib, a mechanic, who threatened to kill his wife like a snake.

Fiabu pleaded not guilty to threat of death and he would reappear on April 11. Before remanding the accused person, the tribunal, chaired by Mr. Kojo Owusu, ordered that Fiabu should return all the three children - 15, 11 and four and half years, living with him to their mother.

The Tribunal heard that the complainant, Ms. Gladys Kuzogbe, 38, a trader, lived with her husband, the accused, and their children in the same house in Accra. She said the couple had lived together for almost 16 years without the accused performing the necessary customary rites.

About a year ago, when Ms. Kuzogbe enquired from her him when he intended to perform the rites, he became offended and left the house with the three children to his father's house also in Accra.

On March 17, this year, the complainant heard that one of the children was sick and she decided to visit him but when she arrived at the entrance of the house, Fib and his family stopped her from entering the premises.

The accused, without any provocation, shouted: "I will kill you like a snake if you enter the house." The complainant, scared, made a report to the police and the accused was arrested.