[ 2011-04-14 ]

Fisherman drowns daughter to punish ex-wife
A 34-year old fisherman who allegedly left his
five-year-old daughter to drown in the sea, just
to punish his ex-wife for refusing to reconcile
with him, appeared before a Magistrate Court in
Cape Coast on Wednesday.

Kwaku Akonu’s plea was not taken and the court,
presided over by
Mr. Ohemeng-Mensah, remanded him in prison custody
to be re-arraigned
on Wednesday, April 27.

Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Daniel Agbezulor,
told the court that the complainant, Madam Esther
Arthur, the girl's mother, was married to Akonu
and had two children with him but the marriage
ended in a divorce after persistent quarrels.

He said the woman moved to her mother's house with
the two children at Ekumfi Edumafa in the
Mfantsiman Municipality. Chief Inspector Agbezulor
said on Thursday, April 7 at about 0130hrs, Akonu
who also lived at Edumafa sneaked into the house
where his ex-wife lives with her mother and found
her sleeping with the children.

He said Akonu allegedly carried the girl to the
beach and threw her into the sea where she got
drowned. He said when Madam Arthur woke up at
about 0230hrs and realized that her daughter was
not sleeping beside her, she raised the alarm and
informed the Chief and elders of the town who
organized a search party.

The Prosecutor said one Uncle Amenyi, who was
returning from a nearby village and saw the body
of the girl at the seashore, informed the search
party, of which Akonu was part.

He said the accused was later summoned to the
Chief's Palace where he openly admitted throwing
his daughter into the sea to punish his ex-wife
for persistently refusing to reconcile with him.

Source - GNA

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