Couple jailed for cutting 10-year-old son’s fingers (PICTURED)
Category: Bizarre & Odd News
A Ghanaian couple have been sentenced to spend 6 months in
prison after being found guilty of assault on their son.
Morrison Adenkor and Angelina Adeti parents of the a 10-year old boy, reportedly cut the
fingertips of their child after he stole meat and coins.
Both couple were found guilty of causing harm and were indicted for violating the child’s rights.
According to OMG Report:
However, in delivering her judgement, the court took
into account factors, including the nature of the crime, the
circumstances of the accused persons and the fact that they were
first-time offenders.
Sentencing the accused persons – Morrison Adenkor and Angelina
Adeti – the presiding judge, Ms Ellen Vivian Amoah, warned that the
court would not sit aloof while the rights of children were trampled
upon.
The court found their action repugnant and a gross violation of
the 1992 Constitution and all international conventions Ghana has
ratified to protect and safeguard the interest of children.
“What type of parents do this kind of thing to their child of 10
years who is supposed to look up to them. Secondly, what has become the
norm in our society where adults and society in general cherishes
children? What could enter the mind of a father to cut open all the 10
fingers of his son with the tacit consent of the mother?”
“We have to bear in mind that we owe rights and obligations to
the most vulnerable members of our society, that is the children”, Ms
Amoah said.
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