A/R: Man jailed two years for assaulting three-year-old son

A Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 26-year old man who assaulted his three-year-old son to 24 months imprisonment.

The court also asked the convict to sign a bond of good behaviour for four years.

The court, presided over by Her Honour Patricia Amponsah while reading out the ruling said the accused person, Ebenezer Osei Bonsu showed remorse.

She said the court considered his age and also his responsibility in bringing up his son.

Lawyer for the convict, Amofa Kodua, speaking to journalists after the ruling said he was grateful that his client received such a “lenient” punishment.

“We can only be grateful because the facts were against us, so we were only praying that the judge will have pity on us and also take into consideration the fact that he still needs to cater for the child. So we are grateful to the court for dealing, supposedly, lenient with us. We would have wanted that he be cautioned and bonded to be of good behaviour, but causing harm, you know the repercussions so if the Lady Judge has dealt leniently with us like this, we can only be grateful to God that he answered our prayers.”

Meanwhile the Mother of the three-year-old, Barbara Obeng says even though the family expected him to get more years, they are satisfied with the ruling.

“Whatever the court said is okay for me and I will take it. My only desire now is to go back to school so that I can take very good care of myself and my son. That is my only desire and it will make me very happy, so I need help. The wounds have healed so, for now, he [three-year-old son] is fine. I thought the years would have been more than what he got but it is okay.”