{"id":341331,"date":"2017-08-02T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=341331"},"modified":"2017-08-02T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T11:46:00","slug":"marwako-supervisor-jailed-nine-months-for-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=341331","title":{"rendered":"Marwako supervisor jailed nine months for assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Abeka District Court has sentenced the Lebanese supervisor at the Abelemkpe branch of Marwako restaurant,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/03\/lebanese-arrested-for-shoving-ghanaian-employees-face-in-pepper\/\"><strong>Jihad Chaaban<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to nine months imprisonment for <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/07\/i-want-justice-to-prevail-marwako-assault-victim\/\"><strong>assaulting an employee<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Evelyn Boakye.<\/p>\n<p>The Judge, Victoria Eggs Ghansah in her judgment said the prosecution had proven beyond every reasonable doubt that the accused committed the offence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-341348 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/marwako-supervisor-2.jpg\" alt=\"marwako-supervisor-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She further condemned the act cautioning employers to be careful on how they treat their employees.<\/p>\n<p>The court further rejected the terms of <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/26\/marwako-victim-agrees-to-out-of-court-settlement-jihad-chaaban\/\"><strong>settlement<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by the two parties presented by the defense stating the matter before was criminal and not a civil one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341345 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/marwako-supervisor-3.jpg\" alt=\"marwako-supervisor-3\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In February 2017, Citi News reported that Jihad Chaaban had assaulted Evelyn Boakye by grabbing neck and forced her face into a jar of blended pepper. According to the prosecution he accused her of fidgeting with the blender.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Boakye was an employee at the Abelemkpe Branch of Marwako Restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Chaaban was charged with offensive conduct by calling the victim a prostitute and intentionally and unlawfully causing harm and assault.<\/p>\n<p>He however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click below to watch video of the victim Evelyn Boakye narrating her ordeal to Citi News:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qs5Y-t9mH4M\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abeka District Court has sentenced the Lebanese supervisor at the Abelemkpe branch of Marwako restaurant,\u00a0Jihad Chaaban to nine months imprisonment for assaulting an employee Evelyn Boakye. The Judge, Victoria Eggs Ghansah in her judgment said the prosecution had proven beyond every reasonable doubt that the accused committed the offence. 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