A 72-year-old woman resident of Tema Community Nine is in police custody for forcing her 13-year old house help to drink 1.5 litres of urine.

On Friday, August 12, Emma Boahene made the house help to drink the urine as punishment for urinating into the 1.5 litre Voltic bottle at night against her instructions.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Juliana Obeng, Tema Police Regional Public Relations Officer confirmed that Emma Boahene has been charged with emotional and psychological torture.

ASP Obeng said the woman who hailed from Sunyani and resides with the victim has on countless times instructed the house help to urinate outside in the night.

But the victim always defies the order from her and preferred urinating into a bottle, which according to the suspect she refused to dispose of in the morning.

According the Police PRO, the victim narrated her ordeal to a good Samaritan she met while on an errand to the market.

A report was subsequently lodged at the Tema Community One Police and Boahene was arrested and cautioned.

Police said she admitted coercing the victim to drink the urine to deter her from urinating into the bottle against her instruction.

The victim has since been treated and discharged from the Tema General Hospital.