An Accra Circuit Court has convicted Gabriel Asiedu, a head porter, to three years in prison for stabbing his colleague three times in the arm at Kwame Nkrumah Circle over a dispute about GHC 5.
The GHC5.00 was to be split among three persons, including the victim and complainant in the case, Asiedu and Kwasi Appiah. When Asiedu was charged with inflicting hurt, he pled guilty, telling the court that he did it out of anger and that he would not repeat the conduct.
Asiedu, 21, told the court presided over by Mrs. Patricia Amponsah that Appiah also inflicted knife wounds on his back. To prove his case, Asiedu removed his black T-shirt and showed his back to the court.
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The court observed that there were no fresh wounds on his back. Chief Inspector John Gohoho informed us that the complainant was bleeding and there was no way he could have stabbed the accused in return.
Chief Inspector Gohoho said he had been informed that when the incident occurred, Asiedu attempted to run away, so the crowd subjected him to severe beatings.
The Prosecution narrated that Appiah, aged 29, and Asiedu are all porters at Gye Nyame Trotro Lorry Station at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra. On December 20, this year, a taxi emerged from the station with a load.
The prosecution said the accused, complainant, and one other went and helped discharge the load from the car, and the owner of the goods gave them GHC5.00 to share. While sharing the money, a misunderstanding ensued between the accused and the complainant, and they engaged in a fight.
The prosecution said during the fight, the accused pulled a kitchen knife from his pocket and stabbed the complainant in the left arm, causing the complainant to begin to bleed. The prosecutor said a report was made to the police at Neoplan Station and the accused was picked up.
