A 17-year-old Junior High School student, Emmanuel Gyan, is in police custody for allegedly killing his mother over a missing mobile phone memory card.

Gyan is reported to have struck his 52-year-old mother, Faustina Agyeiwaa, multiple times on the head with a pestle until she collapsed.

He then attempted to set her body on fire.

The incident occurred on Monday, January 15, at Wassa J.Y No.1 in the Sefwi Wiawso District.