Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Man stabs step daughter to death


A 51-year-old outboard motor repairer Edward Kwaku Asoku was arraigned before the Cape Coast Magistrate Court in Ghana on Monday for allegedly murdering his step-daughter.The court, which was filled to capacity, was thrown into a state of mourning when Asoku was called into the dock.
Family members of the deceased could not hold back their tears and were therefore asked by the court to go out as they wailed uncontrollably.The court presided over by Kwame Ohemeng refused to take Asoku’s plea.Asoku allegedly stabbed his 30-year-old step-daughter Maame Adadzewa as well as his wife Adwoa Aduafo. The step-daughter died while his wife is currently in critical condition at the Central Regional Hospital.Asoku was remanded into prison custody to re-appear on March 30, 2012 as the docket had been sent to the Attorney General’s Department for advice.Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Nana Baidoo did not read the facts of the case and pleaded with the court to remand Asoku to enable the police to wait for the Attorney General’s advice.

In an interview with DAILY GUIDE, family members said Asoku had been married to his wife for 25 years and had two children with her.

According to them, his wife already had three children with different men when she married Asoku and that there had been some disagreements between the two for some time now- a situation which compelled family members to step in to resolve the matter but to no avail.

On March 2, 2012, around 7:00pm at their Biriwa residence, Asoku returned from work and spotted his wife and step-daughter viewing something on her (his wife’s) phone. This allegedly infuriated him so he grabbed the phone as he suspected that his wife was cheating on him.

The situation compelled his pregnant step-daughter to go after him to collect the phone, but Asoku stabbed her, leading to her untimely death.

Asoku’s wife, upon hearing her daughter screaming for help, decided to go to her rescue but she was also stabbed.

3m360 also gathered that Asoku returned from work very drunk

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