Driver Jailed 10 Years For Deforming Face Of Girlfriend With Acid

An Accra High Court has sentenced a driver, Bright Boso to Ten years in prison in hard labour for pouring acid on his girlfriend to deform her face. Driver in 2020 accused his girlfriend of cheating on him with a man whose name was also given as Gyan. Fast forward to the May 2021, the troubles of the accused driver and then his girlfriend

persisted as they constantly quarreled over the cheating allegations. According to the prosecution, the accused on May 13, 2021, returned from work with a meditated plan to harm his girlfriend. On May 13, 2021, the accused went to work. He then returned sometime after midnight which was about 12;00am on the 14th of May 2021. He

entered their kiosk, poured an acidic liquid on the victim who was sleeping at the time, and stepped out again. A few minutes after he had stepped out, the victim started feeling burning sensations on her skin and pain in her eye, the prosecutor told the court. The Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo sentenced the driver to

10 year imprisonment. This was after accused pleaded guilty to causing harm to his girlfriend and pleaded for leniency. Meanwhile, there are calls to organisations to provide financial support to cater for the surgery cost of the victim. The victim who could also lose her sight if the needed surgery is not conducted in time needs about GHS60,000.