KPILFA DAGARTI vs. THE STATE

Sarkodoe-Adoo JSC. delivered the judgment of the court. [His lordship referred to the facts and continued:] The appellant’s cautioned statement (exhibit B) which he admitted making to the police is as follows: “I knew Kolokelo Dagarti. His father and my father are brothers. I know that he was dead. We stayed in the same house. I married one Webb Dagarti about three and half years ago at Zambor. My wife became pregnant and she was seduced by Kolokelo Dagarti. During my late wife’s delivery her condition became serious so I questioned her as to whether she had committed any offence against their shrine. I was alone with her. She told me that Kolokelo had seduced her and immediately after that confession she died. I did not inform my father or the family about that. After the funeral celebrations of my late wife I married another woman called Cheletobe Dagarti from Zambor. Kolokelo again seduced the second woman also. I have personally met them sleeping on one bed in Kolokelo’s r...