The Kaneshie District Court has remanded a 38-year-old electrician who was arrested for allegedly killing his 20-year-old girlfriend by torturing her in Kpone Bawaleshie in the Greater Accra Region.
The prosecution claims that Kwame Krappah, called Awana, tied his now-deceased girlfriend’s neck behind her back with a blue nylon rope and strangled her.
He was then accused of having sexual relations with the corpse before burying it nearby.
The defendant was charged with murder at his arraignment, and the judge preserved his plea pending further instructions on the case docket.
The case has been postponed by the magistrate, Her Worship Ama Ama Adomako Kwakye, so that Krampa can appear again on September 5, 2023.
It was the case of Chief Inspector Margaret O. Boadi, the prosecutor that, the complainant Joyce Ago was a trader while the accused person was an electrician and also a plumber.
Chief Inspt. Boadi said, both the complainant and Krappah resided at Bawaleshie and that, the complainant was the mother of the deceased, Judith Kpeglo.
Chief Inspt. Boadi said, on July 11, 2023, the deceased, who was a pupil teacher at a school at Kpone Bawaleshie, left home for work at the school, but did not return.
According to the Prosecutor, on July 17, 2023, the complainant reported the missing of her daughter (deceased) to the Police and upon intelligence led to the arrest of Krampah, who was the deceased’s boyfriend.
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 (accused) gave it to her.
Chief Inspt. Boadi said, after she was done eating, the deceased 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.
The Prosecutor said, on the same day, at about 10:00pm, Krappah dug a grave on a nearby plot and buried the deceased.
The prosecutor said, Krappah admitted the offence and led the Police to the spot where he allegedly buried the deceased.
He said an order was obtained from a court and the body was exhumed and deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
