Daniel Obirikwa Adjin, who stabbed his elder brother to death in 2017 at Mamprobi in Accra, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Accra High Court.
Adjin was sentenced by the court after the jury, in a 5-2 decision, returned a guilty verdict on him at the end of the trial. "The jury, after a majority decision of 5-2, the accused is hereby convicted on the charge of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment," the court, presided over by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons, said.
The court informed the convict that he had one month to appeal against the sentence at the Court of Appeal.
During the trial, the convict told the court that he committed the act in self-defence.