A 26-year-old house help, Ernest Agyei, has denied intentionally pouring acid on a Senior High School leaver, Benjamin Asante.

Agyei claimed he thought the substance was water, as they were playing and pouring water on each other during a floor-cleaning task.

Agyei asserted there were four containers around them, so he did not know the one he poured on Asante was acid.

However, Asante disputed this account, alleging that Agyei deliberately attacked him because he refused to take Agyei's side in a confrontation with another individual, Godfred Kwadwo Tawiah.