{"id":30152,"date":"2021-04-20T15:09:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/?p=30152"},"modified":"2021-04-20T15:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:09:48","slug":"kasoa-murder-more-trouble-for-teen-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/kasoa-murder-more-trouble-for-teen-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasoa murder: More trouble for teen suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ofaakor District Court presided over by Samuel Akwesi Adjei has again remanded into police custody, the two teenagers, who allegedly killed 11-year-old Ishmael Mensah for purported money rituals.<\/p>\n
They are to reappear in court on May 4.<\/p>\n
The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector, Ernest Agbo, pleaded with the court to give them ample time to get proper details with regard to the ages of the boy.<\/p>\n
But a family spokesperson, Samad Akalilu, says they are disappointed with authorities over the slow progress of the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a bit disappointed that the issue of the age of one of the killers has not to been unravelled.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two suspects were arrested on April 3, 2021, after the killing.<\/p>\n
Some eyewitnesses said the suspects lured the deceased into an uncompleted building and smashed his head with a stick and cement blocks, killing him instantly.<\/p>\n
They subsequently buried him in the building.<\/p>\n
Police said the suspects planned to recover the body at midnight for the supposed rituals.<\/p>\n
The two suspects made their first appearance in court on April 6, 2021.<\/p>\n
Charity Mensah, a traditional priestess was also arrested in connection with the killing.<\/p>\n
But she was granted bail because she is a nursing mother.<\/p>\n
She is expected to regularly present herself to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to assist with investigations.<\/p>\n
During interrogations, it emerged that she was in touch with one of the two teenagers arrested for the killing.<\/p>\n\n