{"id":103454,"date":"2025-11-15T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103454"},"modified":"2025-11-15T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:00:53","slug":"pastor-granted-bail-over-alleged-assault-on-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103454","title":{"rendered":"Pastor granted bail over alleged assault on trader"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 44-year-old pastor, Emmanuel Ngula, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly causing unlawful harm to a trader at Baatsonaa.<\/p>\n

Pastor Ngula is accused of pushing Belinda Marfo to the ground on October 8, 2025, resulting in a fracture to her right wrist.<\/p>\n

He pleaded not guilty in the presence of his lawyer.<\/p>\n

The court, presided over by Mr. Kwabena Kodua Obiri-Yeboah, granted Mr Ngula bail in the sum of GH\u20b520,000 with one surety.<\/p>\n

The case has been adjourned to November 26, 2025, for the prosecution to file and serve processes on the accused or his counsel.<\/p>\n

According to the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Benson Benneh, Marfo is a resident of Baatsonaa, while Ngula is her customer.<\/p>\n

On October 10, 2025, at about 2000 hours, Marfo confronted Ngula at Kotobabi Number 2, Spintex, over payment for secondhand clothing he had purchased on credit.<\/p>\n

The prosecution said Ngula held Marfo by the hand and pushed her to the ground.<\/p>\n

Upon seeing her fall, he fled the scene.<\/p>\n

A witness, Evans Addai, assisted Marfo, who suffered severe wrist pain and swelling, to Danpong Clinic, where a medical report later confirmed a \u201cdisplaced and transverse fracture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ngula was subsequently arrested to assist with investigations.<\/p>\n

The prosecution stated that investigations revealed Ngula had intentionally and unlawfully exerted force, causing the injury to Marfo\u2019s right forearm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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