[ 2014-04-15 ]

Kumasi: Fight over cat meat lands brothers in jail, hospital
A misunderstanding between two brothers over cat
meat has resulted in one of them being in critical
condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
(KATH).

For causing unlawful harm to his brother, Eric
Fobih, 28, a mason, has been sentenced to one year
in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court.

Eric, who pleaded guilty to the one count of
causing unlawful harm preferred against him by the
prosecution, was convicted on his own plea by the
court, presided over by Ms Afua Adu-Amankwah and
sentenced accordingly.

In passing the sentence, the judge said though the
crime committed was second felony and carries a
maximum sentence of 10 years, she took into
consideration the fact that the convict was not
known to the law, his youthful age “and besides,
he pleaded guilty at his first appearance.’’

Facts
Presenting the facts of the case, Inspector Daniel
Opoku, told the court that the convict, a mason
and Nkansah, unemployed were both residents of
Kokoso, a suburb of Kumasi.

He said on March 27, 2014, the two brothers had a
meal of cat meat for lunch and reserved some for
their supper after which they both left the house.
However, he said after they had left, Nkansah
sneaked into the house and ate the rest of the
meat.

According to Inspector Opoku, when Eric returned
later in the evening and realised that his elder
brother had eaten the meat, he confronted him and
that resulted in a fight.

Mr Opoku said in the process, Eric took a cutlass
that was lying on the ground, and inflicted deep
wounds on the hands and legs of the brother.

The victim was rushed to the Emergency and Trauma
Unit of KATH where he had remained on admission.

Later on, the case was reported to the police
leading to Eric’s arrest.

Source - David Zamana

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