The Tarkwa District court two has sentenced Nana Yaw Bukari, a 52-year-old unemployed to two months imprisonment for unlawfully escaping from police custody.<\/p>\n
He pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.<\/p>\n
Prosecuting, Sargent Joseph Lartey, told the court that the complainant is a police officer stationed at Tarkwa, and the accused, a resident of Cyanide, a\u00a0suburb of Tarkwa.<\/p>\n
On September 11, at about\u00a03:00 pm, Sargent Lartey said the convict was involved in a stealing case and the issue was under investigation at the Tarkwa police station.<\/p>\n
He said on September 12, at about\u00a012:00 pm, whilst the complainant was interrogating the convict at the Criminal Investigation Department office, Bukari saw an exhibit cutlass hidden under a table.<\/p>\n
Prosecution said he threatened to butcher anyone who came closer, and in the process escaped and allegedly hid himself at the Tarkwa Railway station.<\/p>\n
Sargent Lartey said a search party organized by the police found him that same day around the Tarkwa Railway station area and was re-arrested.<\/p>\n
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