The Bekwai Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded a 40-year-old man, Stephen Appiah, for two weeks after he reportedly repeatedly smashed his wife’s head against a wall till she died.
The event is said to have happened a few days ago in Ofoase Kokoben in the region’s Bekwai Municipality.
According to starrfm.com.gh, the suspect wrapped the corpse of his murdered wife, Afua Abrefi, and abandoned it in a bush after performing the crime.
The deceased’s relatives filed a police report after not seeing her for many days and becoming concerned.
“After an inquiry, the culprit was apprehended and confessed to murdering the wife.”
“He took officers to the spot, where the corpse was recovered and lodged at the mortuary after the proper inventory were taken.”
“Police brought the accused before Bekwai Magistrate Court and detained him for two weeks to allow police to conduct more investigation for sufficient charges to commence the committal trial,” according to the news outlet.
According to a similar allegation, Nairobi police apprehended a guy who beat his wife to death because she arrived home late.
The suspect, from Githurai 45, was said to be in law enforcement custody, aiding with further investigation.
Kasarani Police Chief Anthony Mbogo confirmed the arrest and said the suspect was being detained at the Kasarani Police Station.
According to accounts, the suspect struck Florence Kaari on the head with a blunt weapon, badly injuring her. As a result of the assault, she died.
On December 4, 2022, the terrible occurrence apparently occurred in the presence of the couple’s househelp, Ruth Kaimenyi.
The witness said, the guy got home inebriated on that fatal day and grew enraged when he saw his wife had come home.
Out of rage, the suspect shut out the housekeeper until the deceased returned home and told her about her husband’s aggressive behaviour and threats.
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Florence, on the other hand, knocked on the door of her marital home, and the suspect opened it and invited her in.
According to reports, a brawl broke out shortly after she entered the room, with Kaimenyi helplessly watching on till the tragedy happened.
