Ghana: Miner Jailed for Stabbing Mason At Nsuaem

A 28-year-old miner has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stabbing a mason with a knife on his back severally at Nsuaem in the Western Region.

Joseph Ntiful, the convict, pleaded guilty with explanation to causing unlawful harm contrary to section 69 of the criminal offences Act 1960 (29/60).

The court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu rejected Ntiful’s explanation, saying, he would be punished to serve as a deterrent to every Ghanaian out…