For beating an 80-year-old woman mercilessly to death at the Akyem-Sekyere in the Eastern Region, a 38-year-old taxi driver is to pay with his life by hanging. Although the convict, Edward Boateng pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, the Koforidua High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Kossi Efo Kaglo, pronounced him guilty after eight years of trial by a seven-member jury. He was said to have gone to the family house of the deceased, Ama Kuman, at Akyem-Sekyere at about 11:30 pm on January 1, 2002 to look for his sister but ended of subjecting the deceased to severe beatings before her right ear. The deceased who was rescued by her children was rushed to the Holy Family Hospital at Nkawkaw unconscious where she died the following day. Prosecuting, a State Attorney, Mr Fred Tetteh, said on the fateful day, the convict had gone looking for his sister, Gladys Yaa Dansoah, who was a daughter-in-law of the deceased. The prosecutor said when Boateng to the house where his sister lived, he knocked hard on the door several times, calling her to come out but there was no response. The deceased who sleeping in her room came out to tell Boateng his sister had not come to the house but the convict became infuriated and pounced on her beating mercilessly until she became unconscious. “Boateng even went to the extent biting the r8ight ear of the deceased but her daughter and Boateng’s sister who were sleeping in their separate rooms came out to rescue the old woman who had become unconscious,” Mr Tetteh stated. The deceased was then rushed to the hospital where she died the next day. Her family reported the incident to the police who caused the arrest of the convict on January 2, 2002. Source: Daily Graphic/Ghana