A jilted boyfriend, who could to stand the thought of his former girlfriend hanging out with another man and therefore went ahead to slaughter his rival, has been arrested.
Shadrack Antwi, 29, on Thursday appeared before the Bibiani Magistrate Court, presided over by Osei Kofi Amoako and was denied bail.
He is facing a provisional charge of murder but his plea was not taken. He would make his next court appearance on March 3.
Police Detective Chief Inspector Michael Agbaglo said the accused attacked and slashed Kwaku Badu to death with a machete at yaw Johnkrom, a farmstead in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District in May, last year.
He fled after the crime and had been in hiding until his arrest in late January.
The prosecution said Antwi, a farmer, was for some time in a romantic relationship with one Lydia Werekoaa, a petty trader, but things went soar and they separated.
The lady entered into another relationship; something that did not go down well with accused and he decided to revenge in his own way.
He waylaid Lydia and here new lover as they were returning from a funeral, attacked and inflicted deep machete wounds on Badu till he dropped to the ground dead.
He then went into hiding after the heinous crime.
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