The spectre of meting out instant justice to people suspected of committing crimes has been carried to bizarre levels within the Kumasi metropolis with a suspect being set upon by a mob and beaten to death and the body left on the street for four days. The body of a suspected thief, who was lynched by a mob at Adoato Adomanu, a Kumasi suburb, was deposited by the roadside in the full glare of the public, without anybody informing the security agencies. The suspect was said to have attempted to steal a stereo system from a stationary vehicle in the area but was caught in the act and the mob meted out instant justice to him. The Daily Graphic said residents in the area are tight-lipped on the incident. Some people contacted claimed they did not know of the exact item the suspect attempted to steal. A young lady, who claimed not to know much about the incident, said she saw the mob lynching the suspect on Monday afternoon. It took the Daily Graphic to bring the incident to the attention of the police as residents in the area looked unconcerned about the case and passed by the body, which was in the early stages of decomposition. Many people passing by covered their nostrils with handkerchiefs as the' area was engulfed with an offensive odour. Some information gathered indicated that several people beat the suspected thief, some hitting him with cement blocks, stones and clubs till he passed out. The police at Sofoline were preparing to clear the body on Thursday. Last week, a similar incident happened at Ashanti New Town, also in Kumasi, where a suspected thief was lynched under similar circumstances by a mob. In that case, the suspect was said to have fortified himself with 'juju' (charm), which was to enable him to escape from robbery scenes and when the mob got to know of that, it angered them the more, inducing them to lynch him. At a point, the lower part of his body was burnt, only for the mob to see the charm tied around the waist. His death however, did not satisfy them, as they set his body ablaze. Source: Daily Graphic