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February 1, 2023
CIRCUIT COURT
GHANA
CORAM
JUDGMENT
The police executing their mandate under the law gathered the following facts:
“The complainant… is a trader and resident of Ayanfuri. Accused… is a driver and
also resides at Ayanfuri. On 29th day of October, 2022 the complainant needed a drink
to refresh his body so that about 0030 hours the complainant went to a provision store
at Kyeremekrom which is a suburb of Ayanfuri to buy a bottle of Lucozade. While2
buying the drink the accused person also came to the store but from behind the
complainant and hit the back of the complainant with his hand. The complainant
turned to see who had hit him from behind, and he saw that it was the accused person.
Before the complainant could say a word, the accused person drew a cutlass which had
been concealed in his trousers, the accused person slashed the left arm of the
complainant and he ran away. The accused person went into hiding since 29th day of
October, 2022 until 4th day of November, 2022 when Assistant Superintendent of Police
ASP/Mr. Ernest Agyekum, the District Police commander of Diaso acting on
intelligence led four Police men to the hideout of the accused person and arrested him.
Police conducted a search in the room of the accused at Ayanfuri and a cutlass stained
with blood which the accused used to slash the complainant, two keypad mobile
phones and a rubber pistol were retrieved. During investigation the accused person
made a confession statement that he used the cutlass to slash the left arm of the
complainant because the complainant claimed he had spiritual charms which protect
him...”
Based on the above facts was Accused arraigned before this court, charged as follows:
COUNT ONE
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
CARRYING OFFENSIVE WEAPON CONTRARY TO SECTION 206(1) OF ACT
29/60[sic]
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
KWAKU AMOAKO @ BOSS [AGED] 26 YEARS, DRIVER: For that you on 29/10/2022
at about 11:00pm at Ayanfuri in the Central Circuit and within the jurisdiction of this
court, without lawful authority had in your possession an offensive weapon to wit;
cutlass.3
COUNT TWO
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
CAUSING HARM CONTRARY TO SECTION 69 OF ACT 29/60[sic]
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
KWAKU AMOAKO @ BOSS [AGED] 26 YEARS, DRIVER: For that you on 29/10/2022
at about 11:00pm at Ayanfuri in the Central Circuit and within the jurisdiction of this
court caused harm to [one] Douglas Owusu.
Section 206(1) of Act 29 states:
Any person who, without lawful authority the proof where, of sh
AI Generated Summary
This criminal judgment of the Circuit Court, delivered by His Honour Yaw Poku Achampong, concerns Kwaku Amoako (alias Boss), a driver resident in Ayanfuri, and complainant Douglas Owusu, a local trader. In the early hours of 29 October 2022, Owusu went to Sister Yaa’s store in Kyeremekrom to buy Lucozade when Amoako hit him from behind, drew a cutlass concealed in his trousers, and slashed Owusu’s left arm. Amoako fled and hid until his arrest on 4 November 2022 by ASP Ernest Agyekum and four police officers. A search recovered a blood-stained cutlass, two keypad phones, and a rubber pistol. The prosecution called Owusu and the investigator, who tendered a medical report noting a deep intramuscular laceration with widely opened margins. Amoako confessed, claiming intoxication and provocation linked to alleged spiritual charms. The court applied evidentiary burdens, intoxication and intent provisions of Act 29, found minor date/time discrepancies nonfatal, convicted on carrying offensive weapon and causing harm, and imposed concurrent three-month imprisonment plus GH¢3000 compensation, crediting time already served.