REPUBLIC VRS: LARWEH (D8/10/21) [2024] GHACC 19 (24 January 2024)
The sentence balances the severity of the harm caused, the need for deterrence, and the welfare of the convict's child, imposing five years imprisonment in hard labour and the statutory maximum compensation, considering both aggravating and mitigating factors.
- Citation
- REPUBLIC VRS: LARWEH (D8/10/21) [2024] GHACC 19 (24 January 2024)
- Parties
- Prosecution: The Republic; Convict: Monica Dede Larweh
- Court
- ghacc
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 24 January 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Sentencing
- Outcome
- conviction affirmed, sentence imposed
- Legal Topics
- Causing Harm, Sentencing, Compensation, Treatment of Women Prisoners, Mitigating and Aggravating Factors
- Source Language
- eng
Case Brief
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Parties
The Republic
Prosecution
Monica Dede Larweh
Convict
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing
Legal Issues
- 1 appropriate sentence for causing harm under Section 69 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
- 2 application of welfare principle for nursing mothers in sentencing
- 3 award of compensation to victim
Ratio Decidendi
The sentence balances the severity of the harm caused, the need for deterrence, and the welfare of the convict's child, imposing five years imprisonment in hard labour and the statutory maximum compensation, considering both aggravating and mitigating factors.
Court Disposition
conviction affirmed, sentence imposed
Orders
- Convict sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour.
- Convict to pay compensation of GH₵6,000 (five hundred penalty units) to the victim.
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