An Adentan Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 25-year-old launderer to 18 months in prison for stabbing Tetteh Adzidoboh, a tailor in the neck with a broken bottle.

Ayisha Attoman [accused] claimed that Adzidoboh beat her son while they were playing.

Attoman, however, got offended by the complainant's action and engaged him in a fight.

She was charged with causing harm and pleaded guilty.

The court presided over by Sedinam Awo Kwadam, sentenced Attoman on her own plea.

In imposing the sentence, the court recognised the gravity of the injury she caused the complainant but determined that she was a first-time offender, and she pleaded guilty to the charge on her appearance.

The court ruled that Attoman's one-and-a-half-year-old child be placed in the custody of her relatives. 

It further ordered the Department of Social Welfare to furnish the court with a written report on the challenges concerning Attoman’s son.

The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Anim Darko, stated that the complainant, Tetteh Adzidoboh, is a tailor from "Abenwoha" Adenta. Attoman also lives in the same area.

On June 19, 2024, around 1000 hours, Adzidoboh went to a drinking bar in Abenwoha to wait for an associate who had sewed his clothes.

According to the prosecution, Attoman arrived at the same bar with her one-and-a-half-year-old son and purchased a drink for Adzidoboh since they were friendly.

It said that after some time, Adzidoboh began playing with Attoman's son.

The prosecution said Attoman became enraged and attacked Adzidoboh for beating her child.

The court heard that witnesses on the scene intervened and separated Attoman and Adzidoboh.

Adzidoboh was escorted out of the bar, while Attoman was asked to stay until tempers cooled.

The prosecution said Attoman stepped out of the bar and engaged Adzidoboh in a fierce fight, stabbing him in the neck.

Adzidoboh sustained injuries and was sent to the hospital for treatment. During the interrogation, Attoman admitted to the offence.