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May
The Assin-Fosu District Court has remanded 34-year-old Robert Kwame Kobi into police custody over allegedly torturing his 14-year-old son for sneaking to play a game. Scheduled to reappear in court on Friday, May 19, Kobi pleaded guilty with an explanation to the charge of causing harm and assault. Unmoved by the suspect’s explanation, the court, presided over by Abdul Majid Iliasu, ordered a psychiatric examination to be conducted on the suspect to confirm his mental uprightness. Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Benjamin Doe Kuwornu told the court that an anonymous passerby informed the police on Tuesday, May 2, that the suspect had…