A 48-year-old Mason who attempted to burn his family and property at Tanoso, in the Kwadaso Municipality, has been remanded into prison custody by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court.
Robert Benjamin Okyere, pleaded not guilty to causing harm and damage and would reappear before the court presided by Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng, on November 07.
Police Chief Inspector Ruth Gborson prosecuting told the court that, the complainant, Agnes Obour, a tailor at Tanoso, was the girlfriend of Okyere.
She said, that somewhere in 2023, the complainant requested money from Okyere to rent a room for their two grown-up children since they could no longer sleep in the same single room with them.