2 SENTENCED TO DEATH (PAGE 3)

THE Ho High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Kofi Essel Mensah, has sentenced two persons to death by hanging in two separate trials.
The convicts, Klu Amewuga, alias Alometal, 32, a farmer, and Ofoi Soti, alias Abednego, 42, were both charged with murder, to which they pleaded not guilty.
But a seven-member jury overturned their pleas and returned a unanimous verdict of guilty for their heinous crimes.
In the first trial, Amewuga was said to have stabbed to death one George Duida at Live, near Akatsi in the Volta Region, on January 22, 2005 and disappeared.
According to the facts, Amewuga broke into a poultry farm and stole 10 fowls around 8.30 a.m. on the said date but luck eluded him when the owner spotted him.
The owner shouted for help and a group of people who were around gave Amewuga a hot chase.
Amewuga, who was being chased by Duida, turned and stabbed Duida three times in the chest with a knife.
The pursuers got scared and dispersed after Amewuga had dared them to come forward.
Duida was carried to the St Paul Clinic at Akatsi for treatment, where he died the following day.
On March 10, 2005, Amewuga was spotted by an eyewitness of the stabbing incident in an Aflao-bound vehicle .
When Amewuga realised that he had been identified, he made frantic efforts to escape again but this time he was overpowered, arrested and handed over to the police at Aflao.
In the second trial, Soti was charged with murdering one Thomas Yao Adamu at Kpando Torgome about 7.30 p.m. on December 26, 2005.
According to the prosecution, Soti and his wife of 14 years, Madam Julie Amagbley, had a misunderstanding, which compelled the wife to leave the house at Kpando.
She was alleged to have entered into an amorous relationship with Adamu at Torgome.
Soti, who could not bear the behaviour of the wife, began monitoring her movement.
He traced them to the house of a friend of the deceased’s, one Yao Kudedze, where a scuffle ensued.
During the fight, Soti stabbed Adamu to death and handed himself over to the police later.