- Jeremiah Otu, 34, sentenced to 5 years for cutlass attack
- Otu slashed scrap dealer's arm over alleged TV theft in La, Accra
- Court orders Otu to pay GHC10,000 compensation to victim
Jeremiah Afotey Otu, 34, has been sentenced to five years in prison for inflicting multiple cutlass wounds on a scrap dealer’s left arm in La, Accra. Otu was found guilty of causing harm by an Accra Circuit Court, despite initially pleading not guilty.
According to Chief Inspector Stanley Fiotso, the prosecution, the complainant is a scrap dealer in Logotwenshie, La, Accra, while Otu resides in La Wireless.
The incident occurred on December 14, 2023, when Otu and approximately 20 others accused Enoch of stealing a 32-inch Nasco television set. Enoch’s inability to identify the scrap dealer who bought the TV angered the group.
Armed with cutlasses and other weapons, the group seized a motorcycle belonging to one of the scrap dealers, demanding its return only after the television set was recovered. A confrontation ensued when the complainant and other scrap dealers attempted to retrieve the motorcycle.
A police officer advised the parties to resolve the matter at the police station. However, upon reaching La Apapa, Otu slashed the complainant’s arms with a sharp cutlass and fled.
Otu was arrested on December 24, 2023, at his Osu beach hideout. The court, presided over by Mrs. Christina Cann, ordered Otu to pay GHC10,000 in compensation to the victim.
