THE REPUBLIC v. ISAAC TETTEY FAGYI

The Accused Person herein (Isaac Tettey Fagyi) was arraigned before this Court on 18th

May 2022 for the offence of Assault contrary to Section 84 of the Criminal Offences Act,

1960 (Act 29). The Accused pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charge preferred against him by

Prosecution hence a full trial of this matter begun.

THE CASE OF THE PROSECUTION

The facts as presented by the prosecution is that Victoria Madjie, the Complainant and

the Accused are both farmers and residents of Bomponso No.2 village. On 9/04/2022 at

about 1:00pm, Complainant went in search of her livestock and realised that her pregnant

sheep was missing. Complainant was informed by an informant that it was the Accused

person who had caught the pregnant sheep in question. Later the Complainant met the

Accused person with a kid of hers and inquired from him his reason for catching the kid.

The Accused person replied that he intentionally caught the kid as a ploy to catch the

mother (nanny goat). According to the Accused person, the animals had caused damage

to his farm produce. The complainant then asked the Accused person to calculate the cost

of the damage caused for her to pay but he refused. This led to an exchange of words

between them after which the complainant left the scene. The Accused person then

pursued the Complainant and attacked her and in the process, his cutlass slashed the left

eye brow of the complainant resulting in a deep cut. The complainant lodged a complaint

with the Police and she was issued with a Police medical report form to attend hospital

for treatment and endorsement. On 13/04/22, the Accused person was arrested to assist

investigations. In his Cautioned Statement, the Accused admitted knocking the

Complainant with his fist but denied injuring her with a cutlass. After investigations,

Accused was charged with the offence per the Charge Sheet and put before this

Honourable Court.

The prosecution called two (2) witnesses. PW-1, Victoria Madji, who is the complainant,

testified that the Accused person is her brother in law and they both live in the same area,

however for some time now they have been at loggerheads. That on 9/04/22, she went

looking for her livestock and realised that her pregnant sheep was missing. She was

informed by someone that the Accused person had caught it. That she later met the

Accused person with her young goat and inquired from him the reason for catching the

goat. That the Accused person told her that he intentio