A 49-year-old farmer, Kwadwo Asomah, was on Monday sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the Dormaa Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro for shooting his ex-wife's sister at close range over his refusal to reverse a curse he had earlier invoked on the ex-wife.
The court presided over by Mr Justice Isaac Bright Akwantey also ordered Asomah to pay a compensation of GHC 1,000.00 to the victim or in
default serve additional four years.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Matthew Yeboah told the court that the complainant was a sub-chief at Wamfie while the convict was a farmer at Kokorasua, a farming community near Dormaa-Ahenkro.
He said on May 6, a misunderstanding ensued between the convict and his ex-wife's sister over a curse that the convict invoked against his ex-wife.
Chief Inspector Yeboah said in the course of the argument, the convict entered his room, pulled out a gun and shot the victim at close range on her
left thigh.
The prosecutor said the convict, upon seeing the victim reeling in a pool of blood thought she would die and `abandoned the gun in a nearby bush
and absconded.
Chief Inspector Yeboah said the following day the convict went to seek refuge at the complainant's village in the forest and when he (convict) heard that the victim was still alive he thought the case was over.
The complainant conned the convict into believing that there was "no cause for alarm" since the victim was not dead but turned round to arrange for his arrest, the prosecutor added.
Chief Inspector Yeboah said when the victim was rushed to the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital, it was detected that she had eight bullets lodged in her thigh.