A
Dambai
Circuit
Court
has
sentenced
a
42-
year-old
farmer,
Anas
Ibrahim,
to
22
years
in
prison
for
inflicting
cutlass
wounds
on
his
pregnant
wife
at
Banda
in
the
Krachi
Nchumuru
District
of
the
Oti
Region.
The
court,
presided
over
by
Osman
Abdul-Hakeem,
convicted
the
accused
on
his
own
plea,
and
sentenced
him
accordingly.
He
was
sentenced
to
five,
seven
and
10
years
each
for
assault,
for
inflicting
multiple
cutlass
wounds
and
attempted
murder
with
the
sentence
going
consecutively.
Detective
Chief
Inspector
S.
K.
Gavor,
prosecuting,
informed
the
court
that
Anas
inflicted
multiple
cutlass
wounds
on
his
pregnant
wife
on
a
farm
in
Banda
on
May
28,
2024,
without
provocation.
He
said
investigations
indicated
that
the
suspect
invaded
his
wife’s
house
at
about
0100
hours
without
her
notice
and
knocked
the
door
but
did
not
have
access
of
entry.
He
said
the
following
morning,
the
suspect
ambushed
the
wife
and
butchered
her
severally,
and
was
taken
to
the
Banda
Health
Centre
and
later
referred
to
Kpandai
Polyclinic
for
further
medical
treatment.
Chief
Inspector
Gavor
said
the
victim
had
since
been
discharged
from
the
hospital.
Anas,
in
response
to
the
charges,
said
he
did
not
intend
to
butcher
his
wife
on
the
farm,
but
she
broke
his
head
with
a
stick,
resulting
in
blood
oozing
out,
which
infuriated
him
to
attack
her.
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