Somanya: Wife Killer Remanded

A District Magistrate Court in Somanya in the Eastern Region and presided over by Justice Seth A. Alafa has remanded into the police custody forty year old farmer Prosper Negble for killing his wife. Mr Negble, who hails from Kakadedzi, a village between the Agortime Kpetoe and Ziope in the Agortime District of the Volta Region,

has been charged with murder as per Section 46 of the Criminal Offence Act 1960 (Act 29) and has been kept for further investigation. Prosecutor Inspector Francis Dornyo told the court that on the Monday, April 12, the suspect confessed and gave statement to police that he murdered his wife, Believe Sakitey and also pleaded

for mercy. Negble was arrested over the weekend at the Somanya Police Command and upon arrival to assist investigation for allegedly killing his wife. The wife, 25, was found at Gameli Guest House with knife wounds in a pool of blood on Easter Monday. The accused and his deceased wife, Believe Sakitey are said to have a child and further investigating is still ongoing on the case.