Husband stabs wife four times

By Ebenezer Hanson

Already burdened with the agony of the loss of her last born, Beatrice Abbey was yet to suffer another tragic incident, this time from her own husband of 16 years, Emmanuel Koney Laryea, who stabbed her four times with a knife.
Consequently, Laryea has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court accused of causing unlawful harm.

On Wednesday, Chief Inspector J.K. Anim, the prosecutor, told the court presided over by Mr. Dickson E. K. Daketse that, about four months ago, the last born of the couple, a two-year-old child got ill. However, Laryea allegedly refused to provide for medical care resulting in the death of the child. Thereafter, Beatrice moved from their matrimonial home at Adenta with the remaining five children to stay with her mother at Dansoman.

On January 25 this year, Beatrice took the children to her mother-in-law, that is, Laryea’s mother at Otimibi, a town off the Adenta Barrier-Dodowa Road. At about 7:00pm, she left for a meeting at Adenta Barrier where she saw Laryea, who without any provocation gave her a dirty slap that landed her on the ground.

As if that was not enough, Laryea allegedly brought out her knife and stabbed his wife at four different places leaving, deadly wounds. Shouts for help from Beatrice attracted neighbours who emerged on the scene, while Laryea showed a clean a pair of heels.

The neighbours gave Laryea a hot chase, apprehended and handed him over to the Police. He, for some unexplained circumstances, also suffered a cut on his left arm. After investigations, he was charged with the offence of causing unlawful harm.

Beatrice showed the dressed cuts on the head, hand and wrist to the court. However, Laryea has denied the offence and has been remanded in Police custody to re-appear on February 26 for hearing.