THE Wenchi District Magistrate Court in the Brong Ahafo Region has remanded five persons to prison custody for allegedly conspiring to murder Seta Issifu, a 49-year-old woman, at Abotareye, near Wenchi.
The five, who included three women, are Kojo Zirenye, 15; Kwasi Monane, 10; Ama Maabo, 35; Priscilla Luton, 15, and Yaa Dontonton, 25.
They are alleged to have conspired to murder the woman about 5:30 p.m. on August 3, 2010.
The court, presided over by Mr Essel Walker, remanded the accused persons to reappear on Friday, August 20, 2010.
According to the Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Police Crime Officer, Mr Saviour Ahiamadi, the deceased was attacked by the suspects while she was collecting firewood from a farm belonging to a friend.
He alleged that the suspects hit the woman with a piece of wood after pushing her onto a tree stump on the farm.
Mr Ahiamadi said while the victim was collecting firewood, Zirenye, who was also interested in the firewood, confronted Seta and she allegedly told him (Zirenye) that she had the expressed permission of the owner of the farm to collect the firewood.
According to the police, the explanation offered by her did not go down well with Zirenye, who then teamed up with the other accused persons to pick up a quarrel with Seta.
The police said in the process, the suspects allegedly pushed her down and hit her with firewood until she became unconscious and was rushed to the Wenchi Methodist Hospital.
However, she was pronounced dead on arrival and the body was deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.
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