Unemployed before court for allegedly causing trader to lose sight
An Accra Circuit Court has granted a 24-year-old unemployed man bail in the sum of GHC50,000.00 with three sureties for causing a trader to lose his sight.Micheal Ahiati allegedly punched the left eye of Joseph Appiah-Kubi for stepping on his leg.
Appiah-Kubi, who cannot see with his left eye, had awoken in the middle of the night to pass urine when he inadvertently stepped on Ahiati, resulting in the punches.
Ahiati has denied punching Appiah-Kubi in the left eye.The Court presided over by Mrs Ellen Offei Ayeh granted him a GHC50,000.00 with three sureties.
Police Inspector Daniel Ofori-Appiah told the Court that Appiah-Kubi, the complainant, is a trader and Ahiati, is unemployed.
He said that both parties were squatters living in Agbogbloshie and that on June 19, 2023, aroun...