A 28-year-old miner has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stabbing a mason with a knife on his back severally at Nsuaem in the Western Region.
Joseph Ntiful, the convict, pleaded guilty with explanation to causing unlawful harm: contrary to section 69 of the criminal offences Act 1960 (29/60).
The court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu rejected Ntiful's explanation, saying, he would be punished to serve as a deterrent to every Ghanaian out there especially the youth.
In addition, a compensation of GH¢10,000 was awarded by the court against Ntiful.