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  • O’Reilly SHS stabbing: My grandson was left to bleed while teachers stood by – Family head

    O’Reilly SHS stabbing: My grandson was left to bleed while teachers stood by – Family head

    The family of the final-year student at O’Reilly Senior High School, Edward Borketey Sackey, who was fatally stabbed by a peer on September 2, 2024, has accused the school’s teachers of negligence.

    They believe that the teachers’ failure to act during the incident played a significant role in their son’s death.

    The family alleges that footage of the incident shows the teachers passively observing as Edward was attacked and did nothing to help him while he was bleeding.

    In an interview with GhanaWeb TV’s #SayItLoud, Nii Afotey Chiribour IV, the family head, condemned the teachers for their inaction, arguing that their failure to intervene or assist while Edward was in distress makes them responsible for his death.

    “There were more than 15 vehicles of the teachers parked at the school while the incident was happening. The child was stabbed right in front of them. The boy was lying right in front of them, but they did nothing. The boy was lying there and bleeding. By the time he was taken to the hospital, he had bled out and was pronounced dead upon arriving at the hospital.

    “If they (the teachers) had rushed him to the hospital earlier, he would have survived. The boy was running to them for them to save him from his aggressor, but they didn’t come to his aid and watched on as he was being stabbed in front of them,” he told GhanaWeb’s Ishmael Batoma in the Ga dialect.

    Nii Chiribour IV revealed that his children were on the verge of attacking the teachers after viewing the footage of the incident.

    However, following hours of his pleas to avoid taking matters into their own hands, they eventually left the school.

    “They (the teachers) are the ones who killed my child. So, my sons were coming to beat them up and kill them. I was very angry, but I had to stop them because if I had let them, we would have been breaking the law since the police were already involved. So, I calmed them down and told them that they would be arrested if they touched the teachers. I begged them not to do anything and allow the police to do their job—it took 2 hours to calm them down. Because I was their father, they respected me and left the school,” he added.

    Meanwhile, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that it will conduct an investigation into the stabbing incident.

  • Alleged video of moment before O’Reilly SHS student was fatally stabbed thrice by colleague

    Alleged video of moment before O’Reilly SHS student was fatally stabbed thrice by colleague

    A video reportedly detailing the actions of O’Reilly Senior High School final-year students, Edward Sackey and Godwin, before the stabbing of the former by the latter has emerged online.

    In a video gone viral, two male students were engaged in a fisticuff in the presence of several other students.

    This is said to have ensued before Edward Sackey, an 18-year-old General Arts student was fatally stabbed during an altercation with a classmate from the Visual Arts Department on Monday, September 2.

    According to reports, the altercation that led to Edward’s death was reportedly sparked by a dispute over personal wealth. Edward was stabbed three times in the chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

    There are reports that the school authorities, particularly teachers failed to take action during the clash between the two students and after the stabbing occurred.

    Meanwhile, the father of Edward Sackey, Enoch Sackey, has announced his intention to sue the school following his son’s tragic death.

    In an interview with Accra-based CitiNews, Enoch Sackey expressed profound frustration and demanded accountability from the school for the circumstances leading to his son’s death.

    “We have to sue the school, we have to hold the school responsible,” Sackey asserted. “We want the school authority to come out and explain why such a thing would happen on school premises, where the teachers, nobody tried to interfere… they were all unconcerned until my son passed away.”

    Sackey further criticized the school’s teachers for negligence, noting that his niece had called him to the school due to the fight but he did not understand why the teachers did not handle the situation. “I went to the school in Accra to understand the happenings, but sadly, I found my son covered in blood,” he said.

    On Tuesday, Sackey and other family members, dressed in red and black, picketed the school to voice their dissatisfaction. They have expressed disappointment that neither the school administration, the attacker’s family, nor the police have contacted them regarding the incident.

    Sackey emphasized, “We want answers from the school authority, and the parents of the boy and the police. We want justice, and we want the school authority to explain to us if the teachers were not at the school when it happened, or they were there, or they did not care.”

    The suspect, Godwin, has been apprehended by the Ghana Police Service.

  • O’Reilly SHS to be dragged to court over death of student stabbed thrice

    O’Reilly SHS to be dragged to court over death of student stabbed thrice

    Father of Edward Sackey, an 18-year-old General Arts student from O’Reilly Senior High School, Enoch Sackey, has announced his intention to sue the school following his son’s tragic death.

    Edward was fatally stabbed during an altercation with a classmate from the Visual Arts Department on Monday, September 2.

    According to reports, the altercation that led to Edward’s death was reportedly sparked by a dispute over personal wealth. Edward was stabbed three times in the chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The suspect, Godwin, has been apprehended by the Ghana Police Service.

    In an interview with Accra-based CitiNews, Enoch Sackey expressed profound frustration and demanded accountability from the school for the circumstances leading to his son’s death.

    “We have to sue the school, we have to hold the school responsible,” Sackey asserted. “We want the school authority to come out and explain why such a thing would happen on school premises, where the teachers, nobody tried to interfere… they were all unconcerned until my son passed away.”

    Sackey further criticized the school’s teachers for negligence, noting that his niece had called him to the school due to the fight but he did not understand why the teachers did not handle the situation. “I went to the school in Accra to understand the happenings, but sadly, I found my son covered in blood,” he said.

    On Tuesday, Sackey and other family members, dressed in red and black, picketed the school to voice their dissatisfaction. They have expressed disappointment that neither the school administration, the attacker’s family, nor the police have contacted them regarding the incident.

    Sackey emphasized, “We want answers from the school authority, and the parents of the boy and the police. We want justice, and we want the school authority to explain to us if the teachers were not at the school when it happened, or they were there, or they did not care.”

  • Carpenter sentenced to 2 years for stabbing

    Carpenter sentenced to 2 years for stabbing

    An Accra Circuit Court has handed down a sentence for a 33-year-old carpenter who used a knife to stab a self-employed man three times in the back.

    Kwasi Adu, who was accused of harming someone, entered a guilty plea.

    Adu was found guilty based on his own admission in the court presided over by Isaac Addo and given a two-year prison term.

    According to the information provided by Chief Inspector Josephine Lamptey, the accuser, now convicted, was a carpenter at Kantamanto as well as the complainant Isaac Afari.

    Afari at nighttime took care of Madam Gifty Lamptey’s shop, a witness in the case, according to the prosecution.

    According to the report, the inmate once slept in front of the mentioned shop throughout the night. When the complainant told him not to do so again, the convict allegedly grew enraged and attacked him.

    “On May 28, 2023, at about 0730 hours, the complainant saw the convict sleeping in front of the shop again and when he confronted him, he became offended and attacked him again which generated into a misunderstanding.

    Sympathizers came in and calmed the situation down,” the prosecution added.

    According to the prosecution, after the complainant left the area to purchase “waakye,” the defendant frenziedly pursued him and stabbed him three times in the back.

    It said that after purposefully and unlawfully harming the complainant, the criminal fled, but was tracked and detained by sympathizers at the Railways Police Station.

    According to the prosecution, the complainant was taken urgently to Ussher Polyclinic for care.

    It said the complainant came back to the Police station and lodged a formal complaint and he was issued with a medical form to be sent to Ussher Polyclinic for endorsement by the medical officer who treated him.

    “On May 31, 2023, the complainant brought the medical form duly endorsed by Dr Linda Owusu Asante of the Ussher Polyclinic indicating that the harm was caused with a knife,” the prosecution added.

  • Suspect in the Paris train stabbing identified as Libyan

    Suspect in the Paris train stabbing identified as Libyan

    Reports from France say a suspected attacker who stabbed and injured six people at Paris’s Gare du Nord rail station on Wednesday has been identified as a Libyan national aged in his 20s who was due to be deported.

    Police are still investigating the motive but are not believed to be treating it as a terror related.

    Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has praised the courage of two off-duty police officers who intervened to halt the attack.

    The suspect was shot three times and taken to hospital with serious injuries.

    Source: BBC

  • Manchester: University student stabbed to death

    University student dies in hospital after being stabbed, despite police efforts to save him.

    On Wednesday night, a 19-year-old student was stabbed to death in Manchester.

    The man was killed in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Fallowfield, a popular student area.

    Officers from Greater Manchester Police gave him CPR but he died later in the hospital.

    The victim has not been named, but his next of kin have been informed and are now being supported by officers.

    Detective Superintendent Neil Jones said that officers are “working round the clock” to work out what happened and catch the killer.

    “This was a terrible crime that has robbed a young man of his life, and my thoughts are with his family at this devastating time,” he added.

    “We are actively pursuing leads and will relentlessly pursue the offender to ensure they are brought to justice.”

    Since the stabbing, more officers have been sent to patrol student areas.

    The additional forces will be sent to Fallowfield and the surrounding area on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

    It is hoped the patrols will help “gather intelligence and reassure the community”, Det Supt Jones said.

    “I hope this goes some way to reassure the community, and if anyone has any information about this incident or has any concerns, I urge you to speak to these officers,” he added.

    Anyone with information about the attack has been asked to contact the police.

     

  • Woman accused of tying and stabbing Tinder date before ordering food

    Authorities in Colorado have brought charges against a woman who allegedly stabbed and choked his Tinder date after tying him with duct tape. According to Law & Crime, the suspect, identified as Lauren Marie Dooley, allegedly assaulted her victim after she performed oral sex on him.

    An affidavit for probable cause identified the victim as a 21-year-old Black male. Dooley, who was arrested on September 28, faces a slew of charges including second-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault, menacing, and false imprisonment.

    Per the affidavit, Colorado Springs Police Department officers were called to a home on the 2500 block of E Cache La Poudre Street after someone contacted authorities for assistance. The individual who made the call was identified as male, and he was heard saying he was “bleeding all over the bed”. A female was also heard talking while the male subject was on the line, the affidavit stated, adding that the victim was later heard telling an individual, “because you cut me” and “you’re going to kill me.”

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    “Upon our arrival, residents at the apartment advised there was a naked male in the parking lot that needed help,” the affidavit stated. “Officers located [the victim] who was naked and appeared to be bleeding from a laceration on his left arm.  [He] was also actively backing away from the suspect . . . Dooley . . . who appeared to have blood smeared on her arms and hands.  [The victim] exclaimed that Lauren tied him up and cut him.”

    The victim told investigators that he went to Dooley’s home to meet her after they established contact on the Tinder dating app. When he got there, the male victim said he had a brief conversation with Dooley before she undressed him and gave him oral sex.

    “She then used duct tape to bind [the victim’s] wrists together and ankles together,” the affidavit stated. “[The victim] found it odd, but consented to it. However, when Lauren produced a kitchen knife and demanded he get into her bedroom, [the victim] no longer consented to staying at the residence.”

    But out of fear that Dooley “would harm him with the knife”, the victim ultimately “obeyed and got into her bed,” per the affidavit.

    “Lauren climbed on top of him and proceeded to use the knife to cut his left shoulder,” the document added. “Lauren then used both her hands to apply direct pressure to [the victim’s] throat for approximately 20 seconds, making it difficult to breath. Lauren stopped, but only to procure a belt that she then placed around [the victim’s] neck. She tightened the belt for another 20 seconds, once more making it difficult to breath. When she took it off, she checked [the victim’s] neck for a pulse.

    The victim told investigators that Dooley later made him get inside the bathroom after she got angry because he was “bleeding all over her bed”, Law & Crime reported. The female suspect then used the DoorDash app to order food. But when the person who was delivering the food got to her residence, Dooley allegedly told her victim, “If you scream or say anything, I’ll kill you.”

    After she was done with her meal, Dooley retired to bed with the victim and fell asleep. And though the victim ultimately managed to free himself with the knife during that time, Dooley woke up after he hit a table. Police said he eventually managed to exit the home and call authorities.

    “When officers conducted a cursory sweep of [the] unit . . .  to see if there was anyone else that needed medical assistance, they observed a kitchen knife near the bed, several blood soaked rags and blood all over the bathtub,” the affidavit said.

    Dooley’s court appearance was set for October 6.

    Source: Face2faceAfrica

  • Porter jailed three years for stabbing colleague over GHC5

    Gabriel Asiedu, a head porter who stabbed his colleague three times in the arm at Kwame Nkrumah Circle following a misunderstanding over GHC 5.00 has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.

    The said GHC5.00 was to be shared among three people including Asiedu and Kwasi Appiah the victim and complainant in the case.

    Charged with causing harm Asiedu pleaded guilty, saying the court should forgive him because he did that because of anger and that he was not going to repeat the act.

    Asiedu, 21, told the court presided over by Mrs Patricia Amponsah that Appiah also inflicted knife wounds at his back.

    To prove his case, Asiedu removed his black T-Shirt and showed his back to the court.

    The court observed that there were no fresh wounds on his back.

    Chief Inspector John Gohoho informed that the complainant was bleeding and there was no way he could have stabbed the accused in return.

    Chief Inspector Gohoho said he has been informed that when the incident occurred, Asiedu attempted running away so the crowd subjected him to severe beatings.

    The Prosecution narrated that Appiah aged 29 and Asiedu are all porters at Gye Nyame Trotro Lorry Station at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra.

    On December 20, this year, a taxi emerged at the station with a load.

    The prosecution said the accused, complainant, one other went and helped discharge the load from the car and the owner of the goods gave them GHC5.00 to share.

    While sharing the money a misunderstanding ensued between the accused and the complainant and they engaged in a fight.

    The prosecution said during the fight, the accused pulled a kitchen knife from his pocket and stabbed the complainant in the left arm and the complainant began to bleed.

    The Prosecutor said a report was made to the Police at Neoplan Station and the accused was picked up.

    Source: GNA

  • Man, 21, stabs junior brother, 19, to death at Effiakuma

    A twenty-one-year (21) old Emmanuel Ato Simpson is in the grips of the Effiakuma police for allegedly stabbing his nineteen-year-old brother Christopher Mensah to death.

    It is unclear what might have provoked the alleged murder but some eyewitnesses told Empire News the deceased was stabbed with a knife at car washing bay at Effiekuma Sunday.

    Eyewitnesses say the deceased was quickly rushed to the Grace Mission clinic at Effiakuma for medical attention. He was later pronounced dead by the medical officer while receiving treatment.

    The suspect Emmanuel Ato Simpson who is the elder brother of the deceased was subsequently arrested and according to police will be processed for court today, Monday, March 15.

    The police further disclosed to Takoradi-based Empire News that the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta hospital for autopsy and preservation.

    Source: Starr FM

  • Masked man stabs mobile money vendor at Fufulso

    A 29-year-old mobile money vendor at Fulfulso in the Savanna region have been stabbed multiple times by an unknown man.

    The incident occurred at about 9 pm Wednesday night at Fufulso lorry station.

    Jakpa Brakinso Fuseini was stabbed multiple times while struggling to retrieve his money bag from the unknown man.

    In an interview with Starr News, Brakinso Fuseini said the masked man entered his mobile money kiosk when he was alone and attempted to take away his money bag. When he struggled to prevent the man from taking the bag, he was stabbed.

    He told Starr News that, “I was sitting inside my kiosk around 9 pm when someone entered with a face mask like an armed robber when I turned to see who was, he picked my bag. I tried to identify him and he stabbed me”.

    “By the time he stabbed me I had stretched my hand so the knife got my hand, and to my ribs. He ran away when I shouted for help”.

    He was however not able to take anything from me, Fuseini added.

    The case has since been reported to the Fufulso police and investigation has commenced.

    Fuseini is also responding to treatment at the Yapei clinic.

    Source: Starr FM

  • Masked man stabs mobile money vendor at Fufulso

    A 29-year-old mobile money vendor at Fulfulso in the Savanna region have been stabbed multiple times by an unknown man.

    The incident occurred at about 9pm Wednesday night at Fufulso lorry station.

    Jakpa Brakinso Fuseini was stabbed multiple times while struggling to retrieve his money bag from the unknown man.

    In an interview with Starr News, Brakinso Fuseini said the masked man entered his mobile money kiosk when he was alone and attempted to take away his money bag. When he struggled to prevent the man from taking the bag, he was stabbed.

    He told Starr News that ” I was sitting inside my kiosk around 9pm when someone entered with a face mask like an armed robber when I turned to see who was, he picked my bag. I tried to identify him and he stabbed me”.

    “By the time he stabbed me I had stretched my hand so the knife got my hand, and to my ribs. He ran away when I shouted for help”.

    He was however not able to take anything from me, Fuseini added.

    The case has since been reported to the Fufulso police and investigation has commenced.

    Fuseini is also responding to treatment at the Yapei clinic.

    Source: Starr FM

  • ‘It was in self-defense’ – Woman who stabbed pregnant woman to death claims

    Adwoa Pokuah, the woman who stabbed a heavily pregnant woman to death in the Ashanti Region, has said she committed the crime in self-defense.

    Court documents presented by prosecution on Friday, May 29 also indicated that the suspect was heavily drunk at the time the incident happened.

    Her crime led to the death of Akosua Attah, 22, after she suffered multiple stab wounds during a scuffle on May 23, 2020, at Aburaso in the Atwima Kwanwoma District.

    Prosecution told the court that the suspect had questioned the deceased of the whereabouts of her keys when she returned home from town.

    “The suspect who could not find the deceased went to see her friend to accompany her to have a drink,” prosecution told the Asokwa District Court.

    Prosecution told the court that the suspect engaged the deceased in a heated exchange without any provocation resulting in a scuffle between the two.

    “The suspect then went to her kitchen and pulled a knife and stabbed the deceased under her right chest,” Prosecution told the court adding that she was rushed to the Suntreso Government Hospital for treatment, but died shortly after admission.”

    The suspect was subsequently arrested and arraigned. Prosecution, however, prayed the court for adjournment as investigations continue.

    The court presided over by H/H Afua Aduboahene granted the request and adjourned the case to June 16, 2020.

    Lawyer for the suspect, Yahaya Seidu, however, told Prosecution to expedite action on the investigations.

    “Definitely the Attorney General will definitely take over the case and when we get to the appropriate forum we will move to a Higher Court for bail for my client,” Lawyer Seidu told the media.

    Source: Daily Mai

  • Pregnant woman stabbed to death at Atwima

    A pregnant woman has died after she was knifed to death over the weekend at Aburaso in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region.

    Just before 4 pm on Saturday, the police responded to reports that the deceased Akosua Attah, 22, had been unconscious and was rushed to the Suntreso Hospital.

    They later realised at the hospital that the victim had stab wounds and died a few minutes after being admitted.

    The Police at Suntreso District Command is holding a 29-year-old woman named Adwoa Pokuah in custody in connection to the crime.

    Detectives suspect a case of misunderstanding between the two.

    At the time of filing this report, the body of the deceased had been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for preservation and autopsy.

    Source: Daily Mail

  • Female Lawyer stabs her husband to death and cuts of his manhood off

    A High Court in Lagos Nigeria has remanded a 48-year-old female lawyer identified as Udeme Otike-Odibi, at Kirikiri prison for reportedly stabbing her 52-year-old husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi to death.

    The female Lawyer stabbed her husband and mutilated his corpse by cutting his manhood off.

    According to reports, the lawyer after a heated argument with her husband lost her cool and quickly ran to the kitchen to take a knife, before the husband could say jack he was on the floor with blood oozing from his belly region.

    The culprit ( Udeme Otike-Odibi ), was accused by the Lagos State Government on a two-count charge of murder and misconduct with regard to a corpse. She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The offences violate Sections 165 (b) and 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Section 165 (b) provides five-year imprisonment while Section 223 also stipulates death.

    The presiding judge, Adedayo Akintoye, despite that, remanded the accused in prison and adjourned the case until further hearing.

    Ghpage.com is steadily following the story to keep our cherished readers updated.

    Source: Ghpage