The Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah, was informed by Mohammed Gausu, 21, and a dispatch rider, that he harmed Samuel Osei Kwame Amponsah Sakyi, Personal Assistant at the Minerals Commission, because he had anal sex with him and refused to pay.
This was after the court asked Mohammed why he would harm somebody who is his friend. He told the court last week that Sakyi allegedly owes him huge sums of money for services he cannot disclose.
When the court further asked the accused whether the purported service was in connection with his dispatch riding activities, he answered in the negative, adding that the complainant doesn’t owe him in that regard.
It was at this juncture that the complainant raised his hand and informed the court that the accused had informed their neighbours that he has had anal sex with him and refused to pay.
Immediately the complainant finished his statement, the accused told the court that if the latter had opened the floodgate, he would also spill the beans.
The accused admitted that he harmed the complainant because he failed to pay him money for engaging him in sodomy. His Honour, Mr. Acquah, therefore, ordered the police to investigate the matter.
The accused had been arraigned on one count of causing harm and two on stealing. He pleaded guilty to causing harm and stealing the complainant’s laptop, worth GH¢4,807.00 and not guilty to the third count of stealing the latter’s iPhone 6s Plus, valued at GH¢2,700.00.
The court sentenced him on his own plea of guilt, to a total of seven years.
Thus, the 21 year old would serve three years on count one and four years on count two at the Nsawam Prisons, without an option of fine.
On count one the court considered the severity of the injuries and ordered that the counts should run concurrently.
The brief facts
The prosecutor in the case is Inspector Daniel Danku whilst the complainant, Samuel Osei Kwame Amponsah Sakyi, is a Personal Assistant at the Minerals Commission, the convict/accused, Mohammed Gausu, a dispatch rider.
According to the prosecutor, both the complainant and convict lived at Osu and they met somewhere in June, 2022, at Osu Oxford Street, where the former sought for the latter’s services as a rider.
The complainant paid the accused after the service was rendered and they exchanged contact numbers and had since been reaching out to each other when the need arises.
However, on November 29, 2022 the complainant received a call from the accused, seeking to discuss a matter with him, which he agreed.
They first met at Kareena Cakes at Osu and then proceeded to the complainant’s friend’s room to have the discussion. On reaching the entrance, accused sat on the doorstep while the complainant entered the room, but just when the complainant was about coming out to meet the accused, without any provocation, the convict who had already armed himself with a machete, which was concealed in his jacket, pulled and slashed the complainant on the head amidst shouting “where is my money, where is my money.”
The complainant after being hit on his head retreated into the room to take cover, but Mohammed did not spare him and hit him again.
Sakyi managed to escape from the room, shouting for help. Mohammed then took complainant’s laptop and Iphone 6s plus and bolted from the scene on his motor bike.
The convict, not content with his earlier action, as he went back to the scene and broke into the complainant’s room on November 30, 2022 at about 2:00am and stole several items including Laptop and a television set. Some neighbours around who saw the accused emerging from the complainant’s room, pounced on him, and subjected him to beatings as well as seizing the television set.
The Osu patrol team were called and the accused was rescued and sent to the police station.
During investigation, the accused led Police to his abode where a laptop was retrieved, but he denied taking the complainant mobile phone. After investigation, the accused was charged accordingly to appear before the honourable court.
