Mamponteng (Ash), April 21, GNA- George Owusu-Afriyie, a former Reverend Minister, with the Jesus Is Alive Church, at Medoma near Mamponteng in the Kwabre District, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody by a District Magistrate Court, for assaulting and threatening to kill a pastor of the church.
Owusu-Afriyie, 34, pleaded not guilty and would re-appear on May 4. The accused caused prolonged laughter at the court when he remarked, "My Lord, please deal leniently with me, for I am the servant of the Lord Jesus Christ and cannot kill my own colleague".
Police Inspector Ben Apuriyure told the court presided over by Mr Uuter P. Dery that Owusu-Afriyie threatened to kill Pastor Esther Owusu. He said on April 12, this year, Owusu-Afriyie trailed the complainant to the church's premises where there was an evening service, and attacked the complainant with a sharp knife on her chest and ran away.
The Prosecutor said some members of the church went to her rescue and sent her to the hospital while a complaint was lodged with the police who arrested the accused. Meanwhile, the police have retrieved the knife used in the attack.
Court remands pastor for assaulting colleague
Mamponteng (Ash), April 21, GNA- George Owusu-Afriyie, a former Reverend Minister, with the Jesus Is Alive Church, at Medoma near Mamponteng in the Kwabre District, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody by a District Magistrate Court, for assaulting and threatening to kill a pastor of the church.
Owusu-Afriyie, 34, pleaded not guilty and would re-appear on May 4. The accused caused prolonged laughter at the court when he remarked, "My Lord, please deal leniently with me, for I am the servant of the Lord Jesus Christ and cannot kill my own colleague".
Police Inspector Ben Apuriyure told the court presided over by Mr Uuter P. Dery that Owusu-Afriyie threatened to kill Pastor Esther Owusu. He said on April 12, this year, Owusu-Afriyie trailed the complainant to the church's premises where there was an evening service, and attacked the complainant with a sharp knife on her chest and ran away.
The Prosecutor said some members of the church went to her rescue and sent her to the hospital while a complaint was lodged with the police who arrested the accused. Meanwhile, the police have retrieved the knife used in the attack.