The Awutu Bereku Magistrate Court has sentenced 46-year-old mason, Nicholas Kofi Owusu, to two weeks imprisonment and a fine of GH₵300 for failing to cater for his two children.
The court presided over by Madam Naomi Kuntor charged the convict with “failing to maintain a child”.
The court directed the father of two to pay GH₵1,000 every month for the upkeep of the children.
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The court added that he would serve additional two weeks in prison if he fails to pay the fine.
This was after his wife, Madam Dorcas Kwakye, a 38-year-old trader, dragged him to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service for neglecting his children.
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Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Charles Annobil said Owusu and Madam Kwakye, both residents of Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region, had been married for 16 years with two children, aged 14 and 10.
However, he said, the couple had separated for five years and the husband had since shirked his responsibilities as a father, refusing the children food, education, clothing, shelter, good health care, and other necessities.
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Owusu pleaded guilty with an explanation and was convicted on his plea.
