From George Ernest Asare, Obuasi
A magistrate Court at Obuasi presided over by Mr Owusu Sekyere has slapped a GH¢6,000 court fine at an Obuasi businessman after he was found guilty on charges of assault and subjecting a 12-year-old boy to inhuman treatment.
John Bonful, aka Santiago, forced the boy to eat his own faeces after assaulting him, a situation that caused a lot of public outcry.
When Bonful appeared before the court, he pleaded not guilty to the charges, but was found guilty after the court had gone through the full trial of the case.
The convict was made to pay GH¢3,000 as court fine to the charges preferred against him, and was also ordered to pay GH¢ 3,000 as compensation to the child he abused.
He was given a week to settle the compensation to the victim after he paid the court fine.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Amissah, told the court that in March, this year parents of the victim reported that Bonful had assaulted the boy for defecating in public.
He said not satisfied with his action, Bonful again forced the boy to eat the faeces as a form of punishment.
He said the action caused the parents of the boy to report the action of Bonful to the police who arrested and charged him for the offence after investigations were completed.
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