Eugene Nyavor
Residents of Shama-Kumasi in the Western region woke-up Saturday dawn to the shocking news of a man killing his girlfriend with a hammer for allegedly refusing him sex.
The incident said to have taken place shortly after midnight started with a quarrel which residents say could be heard loud as it degenerated into a struggle between the pair – Papa Gyabi, 42, also known as (Landlord) and the girlfriend identified only as Rita, 27.
The residents told revealed that the deceased (Rita), a native of Daboase-Krobo in the Wassa East District visited Papa Gyabi at his residence at Shama-Kumasi.
They said later in the evening the two retired to Landlord’s room but at about 12:10am, a heated argument started between the two resulting into a struggle which appeared to have ended at about 1:00am.
At about 5:00am one of the residents who did not understand what all the commotion was about and the sudden quietness, curiously peeped through Papa Gyabi’s window and found the girlfriend lying motionless in a pool of blood.
