The Takoradi circuit court in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region presided over by Judge, Abena Agyin Doku has remanded accused persons Mawusi Rose Fiaku, 42 for stealing a baby boy together with her boyfriend, Lawson Lartey, 32 for abetting in stealing the baby boy.
Mawusi who pleaded guilty of the offense however, mentioned that she was pregnant and so was asked to go and do a pregnancy test to prove it.
She said during her time in police custody, she was hit by a police personnel and that caused her to miscarry.
The Judge insisted that a pregnancy test be carried out explaining that it’s a prerequisite to passing judgment.
Lawson, however pleaded not guilty but a plea by his counsel for bail was rejected. Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Veronica Tibson told the court that on March 22, around 4:30 pm the suspect, Mawusi who was dressed in a long dress with a veil covering her face pretended to be shopping in the market and engaged the victim’s mother, Nana Akosua, in a hearty conversation to the extent that the two started speaking their local dialect Ewe.
The unidentified suspect requested to assist Nana Akosua to hand over her baby boy to her to relieve her so could serve customers better.
The suspect then took the one year old boy and his sibling to a nearby sausage stand and bought them some, and later returned the sibling leaving the one year old boy with the sausage seller.
The suspect then promised to return the boy but subsequently bolted away with the boy without the mother noticing.
Later, the victim’s mother, realizing their absence raised an alarm but it was too late to trace the whereabouts of her baby.
The two were arrested by of the SWAT team of the Ghana Police Service at their hideout in Effiakuma in the Effia-Kwesimitsim Municipality in the early hours of Tuesday, March 26 with the stolen baby.
The two are to reappear in court on April, 5.
Story by Marie Aziz Tunde
