THE REPUBLIC vs. BENJAMIN TEYE @ BEN

JUDGMENT DODOO, JA (MRS) Introduction: “Where an Appellant complains about the harshness of a sentence (as in the instant case), he ought to appreciate that every sentence is supposed to serve a five-fold purpose, namely, to be punitive, calculated to deter others, to reform the offender, to appease the society and to be a safeguard to this country” Per Justice Julius Ansah (JSC) in Kamil v. The Republic (2011) 1 SCGLR 300 @ pp. 315-316 The Appellant was committed to stand trial before the trial High Court at Sekondi charged with the offence of Murder contrary to Section 46 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The Particulars of Offence were as follows: Benjamin Teye @ Ben, farmer/akpeteshie distiller, for that you, on or about the 5th day of March, 2012 at Sefwi Adewu in the Western Region, did intentionally cause the death of one Comfort Anofuah, by unlawful harm. It was the Prosecution’s case that the Appellant had inflicted knife wounds on his wife...