An 80-year-old man and three others have been found guilty and sentenced for inserting a stick into a teenager’s anus.
The convicts had accused the 16-year-old of breaking into a store in the Agogo market belonging to the octogenarian.
And for his punishment, the convicts, tied his hands to his back, tied his legs as well and beat him mercilessly after which they removed his boxer shorts and forcefully inserted a stick into his anus while filming the horrendous act.
This happened on March 12, 2021, at Agogo, Asante Akim North in the Ashanti Region.
Six people including Mr. Francis Obeng Amoako who was then 79 years were arrested for the condemnable act.
The rest were Akwasi Marfo (Boat), 24, Boakye Dankwah, 65, Osei Bonsu, 53, Prince Asadu, 26, and 30-year-old Obeng Mensah.
On February 2, 2023, the Juaso Circuit Court presided over by Her Honour Nana Asantewaa Attakora, discharged two of the accused – Obeng Mensah and Osei Bonsu – noting that though they were captured in the video, investigations proved that they did not take part in the act.
But the remaining four were handed varying degrees of jail sentences, a local-based journalist Yaw Preko of Ahwenepa FM reports.
Mr. Francis Obeng Amoako (now 80 years) was sentenced to one-year imprisonment due to his age and health condition.
Akwasi Marfo (Boat) and Prince Asadu were handed down five years imprisonment each for abetment.
But Mr. Boakye Dankwah was slapped with six months imprisonment for hitting the boy’s head with his keys but failed to ask them to stop the commission of the crime.
The victim (name withheld) is currently in good health condition after undergoing surgery.
