From Della Russel Ocloo, Ashaiman
THE Ashaiman Circuit Court has adjourned a case in which a security man of Expresso Telecom Limited (formerly Kasapa), Emmanuel Avulekpor, had threatened a co-tenant, Alice Alormenu, at Adjei-Kojo, near Ashaiman in the Tema metropolis.
Avulekpor, according to the police prosecution, is standing trial for threat of death under section 75, Act 29/60 of the Criminal Code.
The prosecutor, Inspector Diana Sedame, told the court that Alice is a petty trader and resides in the same house with Avulekpor at Adjei-kojo, near Ashaiman.
Inspector Sedame said Alice gave Avulekpor GH¢20 16 years ago for the purchase of a piece of land to enable her put up a house in the area.
She said Alice thereafter out of trust released an undisclosed amount of money to Avulekpor to enable him commence construction works on the said plot and subsequently travelled to her village in the Volta Region to take care of her sick mother.
Unknown to Alice, Avulekpor constructed a single bedroom on the said plot and squandered the rest of the money.
The prosecutor said Alice upon her return approached Avulekpor for the necessary documents covering the plot of land and the building.
Avulekpor, according to the prosecution, took offence and wielding a machete chased Alice out after a series of verbal exchanges between the two.
Avulekpor, not satisfied with his previous action again in February, this year threatened to butcher Alice should she continue to pursue him for documents regarding the said property.
A report was made to the police who caused his arrest and subsequently arraigned him before court after an initial denial of the offence in his caution statement.
The court, presided over by Justice Seyram Yao Azumah, granted him bail to the tune of GH¢10,000 with a surety.
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