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17.12.2018 Crime & Punishment

Court Remands Security Man Who Murdered His Parents

By GNA
Court Remands Security Man Who Murdered His Parents
17.12.2018 LISTEN

A security man, believed to be in his 30s, have been remanded by a Magistrate Court in Koforidua in the Eastern region, after it turned out that he has killed his biological parents.

Isaac Tetteh, who is currently in police custody, killed his parents with a bamboo stick for suspecting them to be the cause of his problems in life. His plea was not taken.

He is expected to reappear before the court on December 17, 2018.

According to the prosecution, the suspect is the first born of the decreased, Francis Tetteh and Rose Tetteh who are in their late 50s.

The suspect works with WESTEC Security Company and was said to have threatened to kill the parents but was not taken serious.

On December 9, around 16.30pm, the suspect attacked the mother with a bamboo stick but the mother was able to escape out of the house when Doris Tetteh, a sister to the suspect intervened.

The suspect then attacked his father who was around and tried to intervene.

The suspect hit the head of the father with the stick and he collapsed.

The father was rushed to the Koforidua Regional Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

The Mother who had returned to house was whacked at the entrance of their house by the suspect and she died on the spot.

The suspect after the act took to his heels but was pursued and arrested by some residents.

---GNA

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