A commercial driver has been arraigned before the Ashaiman District Court for allegedly killing the three-and-a-half-year-old daughter of his girlfriend.
According to the prosecutor, the 29-year-old driver, Franklin Mensah, lived with his girlfriend Joy James, the victim, in Switzerland, a suburb of Ashaiman.
Chief Inspector Afi Blihia told the court that on May 3, 2024, Joy, a waitress, went to work, leaving her daughter with the accused in their home.
Later in the night, she received a call from a neighbour telling her that the accused hit the three-and-a-half-year-old girl with his hand out of anger.
She reportedly fell to the ground and became unconscious.
The neighbour further explained that Mensah hit the victim after she damaged his mobile phone while throwing a tantrum over her mother’s absence.
Chief Inspector Blihia added that the victim was rushed to the Tema General Hospital to be resuscitated but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Mensah has been charged with murder. The court did not take his plea.
Meanwhile, the court presided over by His Worship Derrick Parden Eshun remanded him to police custody to reappear in two weeks.
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This comes after a man identified only as Mr Amenyo allegedly killed his 15-year-old stepdaughter at Nsuobri near Bawjiase in the Central Region.
Amenyo slashed Dorcas Dzidzor’s throat on Monday, April 29, 2024.
According to the Assembly Member for Nsuobri Electoral Area, Martin McCarthy, the victim was in the company of some friends on Monday when her stepfather followed them.
Mr Amenyo reportedly asked her to escort him to an unknown location after he sent her friends on an errand.
When the friends returned, he had disappeared with the victim.
They informed some people in the area and dispatched a search party for the girl.
After hours of searching, they found the body of the 15-year-old on a cassava farm in the area.
They found her in a supine position with her hands and legs tied behind her back.
Her throat was slashed, and there was a stab wound in her stomach. A pair of socks were also stuffed in her mouth.