By Beatrice Oppon
The High Court in Accra has sentenced mason trainee Ebenezer Kwayisi to 30 years in prison for the murder of former Law Lecturer of the University of Ghana, Prof Emmanuel Benneh.
The Judge, Justice Mary Yanzuh, handed the sentence to the convict, who was charged with abetment to commit murder after pleading guilty under Section 239 of Act 30.
He is to serve his sentence in hard labour.
Kwayisi, popularly known as Junior, was committed to stand trial in 2021 following a recommendation by the Attorney General that he should be charged with the murder of the late law lecturer.
The convict was one of three suspects to have been arrested in connection with the murder of Prof Benneh.
The prime suspect, James Womba, died in Police custody in October 2020, while the third Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, was discharged after advice from the Attorney-General indicated he was innocent.
The late Prof. Benneh was found dead in a pool of blood on a corridor leading to his bedroom on September 12, 2020.
His hands were tied behind him with a white rope, and his legs were also tied with a green rope just below the knees, while a cloth was partly inserted into his mouth.
An examination on the body of the deceased revealed multiple marks of assault to his face.
Prosecution said a postmortem conducted on the body on September 21, 2021, gave the immediate cause of death as asphyxiation, strangulation and suspected homicide.
