The Nsuta Circuit Court has sentenced two farmers to a total fine of GHS9,000.00 for inflicting cutlass wounds on two forest guards in the Nyinase Forest Reserve in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n
Osman Tawure and Solomon Wofsa, would spend 36 months in prison should they fail to pay the money.<\/p>\n
The court directed that, GHS3,000.00 of the fine if paid, should be given to the victims, Musa Abubakar and Karimu Ndego as compensation.<\/p>\n
Both men were convicted after they pleaded guilty to the offense.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Inspector Daniel Gbedzinu told the court, presided over by Ms. Lydia Osei Marfo, that the incident happened on October 26, 2017, at midday.<\/p>\n
The pair were on routine patrol duty in the reserve, when they detected that the convicts had\u00a0felled\u00a0one of the trees for charcoal.<\/p>\n
They attempted to stop them, and this led to a struggle, during which Ndego received multiple cutlass wounds on the forehead.<\/p>\n
Abubakar also had his middle finger slashed by Tawure as he went to the rescue of his colleague.<\/p>\n
The convicts fled, leaving behind their cutlasses and a catapult after the crime, and police investigations led to their arrest.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Tawure, who is facing a second charge of causing harm to Abubakar, pleaded not guilty to that count, and has been kept in prison custody to make his next appearance on\u00a0Thursday, November 30, 2017.<\/p>\n
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\nBy: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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