By Collins Agyekum Gyasi, Obuasi
TWO co-tenants from Odumasi (Adansi) near Obuasi who bit each other’s lip because of a misunderstanding over payment of electricity bill have been fined GH¢200 each by the Obuasi Circuit Court. In default, each will serve six-month jail term.
Frimpong Bugyei 48, a driver and Frank Adjei, 38, a mechanic, were charged with acts, which tended to disturb the peace.
Again, Adjei was charged for a second count of causing unlawful damage to Bugyei’s property. Both pleaded guilty to the charges, and Agyei was granted a bail of GH¢500.
Presenting the facts of the case to the court, Sergeant Badu said, a misunderstanding over the payment of accumulated electricity bills, from the Electricity Company of Ghana ECG, arose when their staff disconnected electricity in the whole house.
Adjei the mechanic had acquired his own metre, within that same period. When Bugyei went to Adjei to collect money for the electricity bill, in the presence of the ECG worker he promised to pay, without giving any specific day.
This infuriated the collector and he went ahead to disconnect the line till the money was paid.
After the disconnection, a misunderstanding ensued between the two co-tenants, which led to a fight.
They ended up biting each other’s lips, one on the lower lip and the other on the upper lip resulting in both of them reporting at the hospital to have their lips sutured.
After Bugyei left to report the incidence to the police, Adjei entered the former’s room and caused damage to a standing fan, a turn over amplifier and a rechargeable lamp with an inbuilt television all valued at GH¢80.
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