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A 38-year-old farmer in Ghana has been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for attempting to kill his 16-year-old biological son for money ritual, 3news website reported.
Kwabena Ebo, a resident of Ayisakro, a community near Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, was charged with trading in persons contrary to sections 2(1) and (2) of the Human Trafficking Act 694 of 2001.
The accused pleaded guilty to the charge and asked the court to be lenient with him, the website reports.
Her Lordship Abigail Anima Asare, who presided over the Takoradi Circuit Court B, where Ebo appeared, said the convict deserved severe punishment to serve as a deterrent to others.
The prosecutor, Inspector Robert Yawson, welcomed the sentence against the convict.
“I think it is a good punishment. I saw how remorseful the accused was in the courtroom, but nothing could have saved him at that particular moment. He will learn his lessons next time,” he said.
