[ 2017-05-03 ]

The victim was mercilessly beaten and deep cutlass wounds inflicted on his right leg

Boy loses leg week after it was hacked off by grandpa
A 48-year-old farmer has been arrested for hacking
his grandson for attempting to steal at
Nyamebekyere, a farming community near Enchi in
the Western Region.

The accused, Asubire Azure, also known as Baba
Alhassan, a Mossi, was said to have returned home
from town and accused the boy, Michael Atanga, 13,
of trying to go through his ceiling to steal some
undisclosed items in his room.

Police source told Skyy Power FM that Baba
Alhassan allegedly beat the victim mercilessly and
inflicted deep cutlass wounds on his right leg.

He then locked him up in the room for about a week
until some neighbours got wind of the boy’s
predicament and arrested the grandfather and
handed him over to the police on May 1, 2017.

The victim was admitted at the Enchi Government
Hospital on Monday, but the leg had rotten to the
extent that it was amputated on Wednesday May 3,
2017.

The grandfather has been charged with causing harm
and he is being processed for court,
Superintendent Raymond Kofi Erzuah, the Enchi
District Police Commander has confirmed.

Source - 3news.com

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