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A 39-YEAR-OLD trader at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, who allegedly caused serious body injury to his wife of seven years by pouring acid on her over upkeep money, has been arraigned before the Obuasi Circuit Court charged with unlawfully causing harm. Emmanuel Owusu, who lived at Kwabenakwa, a suburb of Obuasi, was said to have ambushed the woman, , 27, at a refuse dump where he sprayed her face with the acid. His plea was not taken when he appeared in court yesterday and the presiding judge, Mr Gilbert Ayisi Addo, remanded him in prison custody to reappear on May 22, 2013. According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Albert Anaing, the couple had been married for seven years and had three children. They did not live in the same house. While the man lived at Kwabenakwa, the woman lived at Akaporiso. A disagreement between the two had led to the man refusing to give money out to the woman for her and the children�s upkeep. Not satisfied with the behaviour of her husband, Gani reported her husband to his brother by name Atta, who gave the woman GH�8 to prepare some food for the day while he went to talk to his brother. Atta followed up to Owusu�s house and advised him to honour his responsibilities, since the woman was still his wife and above all they had three children. The prosecutor continued that in the morning of May 13, 2013, Owusu ambushed his wife at a refuse dump at Akaporiso with a quantity of acid in his pocket. Just when the woman appeared at the place he confronted her with the question of why she reported him to his brother about his refusal to give her money for their upkeep. Before the woman could answer the question, Owusu brought out the container of acid from his pocket and poured the liquid on the face of the woman. She screamed for help and people who went to the scene sent her to the Christ the King Hospital, where she is still on admission.