A Juvenile Court in Accra has sentenced an 18-year-old third-year student of Achimota Senior High School, who shot a female colleague with his father’s single barrel gun to sentenced to three years imprisonment.
This was after the court presided over by Bernardine S.A Senoo found him guilty on the charge of manslaughter.
The convict is, however, to serve his sentence in a Correctional Home in Accra.
The convict was reported to have brought out his father’s gun, under a bed, with the intent of shooting in the air but ended up killing his friend Lily Donkor, who is also a third-year student at the same school.
On January 4, 2017, at about 14:00 hours the deceased Lily, who lived at Cantonments visited the accused person at Community eight in Tema.
According to the prosecution, the accused went into his father’s room and picked up his father’s single barrel gun and shot the victim in the abdomen.
On January 5, this year, the convict told the police that he intended to shoot into the air however the gravity of the gun changed course and hit the deceased.
The prosecution said one Madam Gifty Billy, a neighbour, heard the gunshot and went to the scene only to see the victim lying in a pool of blood.
The prosecution said Gifty rushed the victim to the Port Clinic in Tema.
However, due to the condition of the victim, she was transferred to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, where she died on admission.
Latest Stories
-
Election 2024: We’ll deal with you if you foment trouble – Greater Accra Regional Minister warns
1 hour -
1992 constitution can’t offer development, its review is long overdue – Speaker
1 hour -
‘Posterity won’t forgive you if you don’t do something about galamsey now’ – Asuom Kontihene to Akufo-Addo
1 hour -
Where are the jobs? Mahama quizzes Bawumia over claim of 2 millio jobs created by government
1 hour -
‘We are not against the EC correcting mistakes’ – Kodua Frimpong
1 hour -
We are in talks with discontented incumbent MPs – NPP
1 hour -
CODEO urges NDC to address voter register concerns through IPAC
1 hour -
Government developing new bill to regulate aquaculture practice
2 hours -
Ghana EXIM Bank to solve financial challenge of SMEs
2 hours -
Next NDC government will introduce weighing system for buying and selling – Asiedu Nketia
2 hours -
Absa Bank and GNCCI partner to empower SMEs
2 hours -
First Lady celebrates Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings on Lifetime Achievement Award
2 hours -
Hacker uses Telegram chatbots to leak data of top Indian insurer Star Health
2 hours -
Donald Trump says Jews will be partly to blame if he loses election
3 hours -
In Denmark, a man is suspected of 86 counts of reckless driving. He filmed it himself.
3 hours