A Magistrate court in Enchi in the Western North Region has sentenced six men who mercilessly flogged a young man recently for allegedly flouting the chief’s orders to 240 days imprisonment with hard labour.
The convicts, Bullu Adjei, Alfred Ban in Obboye, Kwasi Kah, Stephen Tando, David Amankwah and Nana Adu are also to pay a fine of GHC1,200 each to the court, failure of which they will serve an additional 90 days each.
The court presided over by His Worship Eric Baah Boateng further ruled that the convicts should compensate the victim, Stephen Koomson with GHC1,000 each for the pain caused him.
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