Woman sentenced to life imprisonment over husband's murder at Omanjor
A woman named Lydia Aboagye has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a High Court in Accra after being found guilty of murdering her husband. The verdict was reached by a 5-2 majority jury decision following a full trial.
Why it matters
The case highlights the application of the Criminal and Other Offences Act in the Ghanaian judicial system.
A mother of two, Lydia Aboagye, has been jailed and sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court in Accra after being found guilty of murder.
Her conviction followed a full trial, with the seven-member jury returning a 5-2 majority verdict, which is sufficient under Section 46 of Act 29, as amended by the Criminal and Other Offences (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1101).
The convict was charged with murder of her husband, Kweku Gyasi, with whom she had two children, following a misunderstanding in 2021.
Prosecution, led by Christabel Selma Anafure, a Senior State Attorney, called three witnesses, while the convict, Lydia Aboagye, led by Rita Kunkuti Ali, testified herself and called her mother as her only witness.
After the full trial, the jury found her guilty of murder, returning a 5-2 majority verdict before Her Ladyship Justice Marie-Louise Simmons convicted her.
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