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JUDGMENT
The accused persons; Stella Tweneboah (A1), Ama Donkor (A2), and Mabel
Tweneboah (A3) are charged with one count of assault and all 4 accused persons
including Mercy Tweneboah (A4) are charged with offensive conduct conducive to
breaches of the peace. Both offences are contrary to Sections 84 and 207 respectively
of the Criminal Offences Act,1960 (Act 29).
The particulars of the offences are that on 25th June,2022 at about 1:00pm at Sefwi Bodi;
Stella Tweneboah, Ama Donkor and Mabel Tweneboah unlawfully assaulted the
complaint, Margaret Gyabeng @ Abena Tettey without. And on the same date and
time Mercy Tweneboah joined the 3 accused persons and all 4 accused persons uttered
abusive words against the complaint, that she was a foolish and filthy woman and
would attack her if she passed infront of their house, with intent to provoke a breach
of the peace.
The facts of the case are that the complainant and the accused persons live at Sefwi
Bodi. That A1, A3 and A4 are sisters and A2 is their mother, and complainant is
married to a relative of the accused persons.
On 25th June, 2022, A2’s grandson Nana Yaw caused damage to the complainant
window net. The complainant on seeing the damage talked and complained about the
behaviour of Nana Yaw and when A1, A2 and A3 heard the complainant talking
about Nana Yaw, they picked a quarrel with her and insulted her during which A1
pounced on complainant, slapped her, and pushed her to ground and A2 and A3
joined A1 and they beat complainant who sustained multiple injuries on her body.
On the same day both the complainant and A1 reported the case to the police at Sefwi
Bodi and were issued with police medical form to attend hospital.
The complainant returned her medical form duly endorsed but A1 returned her
medical form unendorsed. A4 on hearing that A1, A2 and A3 had quarreled with the
complainant, went to her house and without any provocation insulted the
complainant that she was a foolish dirty woman among other abusive words.
On 27th June, the accused persons were arrested and after investigation, they were
charged with the respective offences and put before court for prosecution.
The complainant Margaret Gyapong @ Abena Tettey (Pw1) and the investigator in the
case D/CpL Baafi Christian Opoku (Pw1) gave evidence to support the prosecution to
prove their case against the accused persons.
Margaret Gyapong (Pw1) testified that on 25th June,2022 at about 12:30pm she saw
Nana Yaw causing