Following a bizarre quarrel over a coconut tree, two women face court charges for severely injuring a man’s anus. 48-year-old Madam Agnes Miezah Bazayi and her 18-year-old daughter, Georgina Morkeh Menlah, both appeared in the Half Assini District magistrate’s court where they were convicted of the attack on their neighbour’s back passage. The neighbour, a fisherman named Ezah Kojo, had hired a tree surgeon or comparable handyman to prune the branches of coconut tree that belonged to Madam Bazayi. Branches from the tree were allegedly causing damage to Mr. Ezah’s property. But when the lumberjack arrived, he was forced out of the tree by Madam Bazayi and her teenage daughter who used a long sharpened raffia palm branch to poke the workman’s buttocks. When the contractor refused to continue the job, Mr. Ezah climbed the tree himself and again the mother and daughter attempted to use their weapon to lacerate his behind. But the long pointed stick actually penetrated Mr. Kojo directly through his anus and caused considerable damage and injury to his colon, intestines and rectum. Kojo was rushed to the Eikwe Catholic Hospital for emergency colorectal surgery. The injured fisherman was then referred to two other hospitals in the region in a desperate attempt to save his life. He had to undergo major surgery to create an anal opening in his abdomen and as he can no longer pass faeces in the traditional fashion. Both Madam Bazayi and Miss Menlah were found guilty of the crime and the case has been referred to the Western Region Supervising High Court Judge in Sekondi where a stern sentence is expected to be handed down.