The Kaneshie District Court has remanded into police custody a 38-year-old electrician for allegedly strangling his 20-year-old girlfriend to death at Bawaleshie in the Greater Accra Region.
Kwame Krappah, aka Awana, according to the prosecution, tied his girlfriend’s (now deceased) neck from behind with a blue nylon rope and strangled and allegedly had sex with the dead body before burying it in the neighbourhood.
The accused was arraigned on a provisional charge of murder had his plea preserved by the court pending further directives on the case docket.
In court, the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Margaret O. Boadi said the complainant, Joyce Ago was a trader and mother of the deceased while the accused person was an electrician and also a plumber.
Chief Inspt. Boadi said, on July 11, 2023, the deceased, who was a pupil teacher at a school at Bawaleshie, left home for work but did not return.
According to the Prosecutor, on July 17, 2023, the complainant reported her daughter missing to the Police and upon intelligence Krampah was arrested.
The Prosecutor said, investigations discovered that on July 11, 2023, at about 2:00 pm, the deceased left the school to buy food and went to the accused person’s house to eat it.
She said, the deceased after eating requested for GH¢200 from the accused to braid her hair and he gave it to her.
Chief Inspt. Boadi continued that, after she was done eating, she told Krappah that she was going back to the school and without any provocation, Krappah attacked the deceased from behind with a blue nylon rope and strangled her.
The Prosecutor said, on the same day, at about 10:00pm, Krappah dug a grave on a nearby plot and buried the deceased.
“Upon interrogation, Krappah admitted the offence and led the Police to the spot where he allegedly buried the deceased”, the prosecutor said.
The police then secured an order from a court and the body was exhumed and deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
The court presided over by Ms Ama Ama Adomako Kwakye has adjourned the case to September 5, 2023
