Sad story reaching ghnow.com this afternoon reveals some chilling details of a gruesome murder of a 57-year-old woman based in Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana.
Isaac Arhin, a 27-year-old bus conductor has confessed to the heinous crime of killing an innocent woman who could be described as a “good Samaritan” unprovoked in her own house.
The chilling details as recounted by Isaac has it that he used a pestle to hit the elderly woman’s neck and wrapped her face and head in black polythene after the helpless woman pleaded with him to spare her life.
“I hit her with a pestle and blood started coming out of the nose. She was an elderly person and was very weak and helpless. She begged me to spare her life so she could give me whatever money I wanted. I cannot sleep now. I have nightmares of the woman begging me to spare her life. I also had dreams where the woman asked me to confess that my master (Evans) is innocent. I have confessed several times but the police officers are not taking me seriously. I can’t sleep now. The CID officer asked me whether the woman offended.” Isaac said.
“ I admit I killed the woman alone, I don’t even understand why I did that because she was taking really good care of me. I wanted to steal some money. After killing her, I stole GHC1500. I knew her mobile money PIN code because she used to send me on errands.” He added, confessing to Crime Check Foundation’s Ibrahim.
After Isaac was arrested by the Kasoa police and beaten to a pulp to confess who his accomplices were, he named his former master Evans Mensah who worked as a bus driver.
Apparently Isaac implicated his former boss as a way of paying him back for how he manhandled him.
“I implicated Evans Mensah because of the way he treated me when we lived together. I was his bus conductor and he used to slap me that’s why I hated and implicated him. He insulted me and threw my belongings out. But he is innocent and has nothing to do with this, the woman has been haunting me in dreams to confess to Evans’ innocence.”
But speaking from jail to Crime Check Foundation, Evans Mensah, Isaac’s former boss explained why he disciplined Isaac, but he fled their house.
According to Evans Mensah, Isaac had gone to have an affair with a 13-year-old girl in the bus. The girl’s father called to confront him only to discover that it was Isaac.
“I am a sprinter driver from Assin Fosu. One day, a man called me accusing me of having sex with a minor in the car. I later discovered it was Isaac who had sex with a 13-year-old in the car. Truthfully, I beat him severely. I didn’t even have money to take the 13-year-old girl to the hospital so I pleaded with the girl’s father to give me some time to raise the money for the hospital. When I was busy trying to raise the money to pay the hospital expenses, he(Isaac) absconded from the house. I’m really suffering here in jail. I voluntarily reported myself to the police after Isaac implicated me so I could clear my name. When I got to the police station, the police really beat me to a pulp. I really need help to be free from jail.” Evans said.
He appealed to Ghanaians to help free him from jail for his innocence.