Busanga remanded in prison custody

Teacher remanded for sexually abusing male pupil

Tarkwa (Western Region) 9 Feb 2000

A Tarkwa circuit court has remanded Musa Busanga, a 47-year-old farmer in prison custody for allegedly killing his seven-month-old pregnant wife, Mary Afugu.

The court, presided over by Mr Isaac Lartey-Young ordered him to re-appear on 2 March.

Prosecuting, Police Inspector Constance Addo of the Tarkwa police, said on 27 January this year, Busanga who suspected the wife was flirting with another man, picked up a quarrel with her.

During the quarrelling, Busanga took a club and hit the head and the jaw of the woman, killing her instantly.

A post mortem carried on the body at the Wassa Akropong hospital indicated that the baby died in her mother's womb.

Madam Afugu has since been buried.

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Accra (Greater Accra), 9^th February 2000

Charles Amoako Thebault, a drama teacher at Tenashie One and Four J.S.S school at Osu Ako Adjei in Accra, has been remanded in custody for allegedly having unnatural carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old boy of the school.

A source at the Women and Juvenile unit (WAJU) of the Ghana Police Service told the GNA in Accra on Tuesday that some pupils interviewed at the school confirmed that the teacher had subjected them to similar ordeals.

According to the source, the victim, who had been illegally adopted by the suspect for about three years, had been repeatedly abused sexually by the teacher.

Each time the victim was abused, he left for his mother's house saying he would not stay with the suspect any more. But whenever that happened the suspect came to plead with the mother for the boy to return.

The source said the victim could not tell his mother because he was threatened by the suspect that he would die or go mad. The suspect also suspended the sexual assault for sometime for him to get over it.

In December last year, however, the cat was let out of the bag when the suspect attempted to abuse the boy again. He fled to his mother's house as usual but this time reported it to her.

The victim's mother reported the case to the Osu Police who arrested him and referred the case to WAJU.

The source said the case has been adjourned to February 24.

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