JUDGMENT
MERLEY WOOD (MRS), JA
This is an appeal against the conviction and sentence by the High Court, Accra. The Appellant herein was on 31st January 2019 convicted of the offence of causing harm contrary to section 69 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, (Act 29) and sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour and ordered to pay compensation of Ten Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHȼ10,000.00) to the victim Ayitey Adjin Okaija. Being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the said conviction and sentence, the Appellant herein has appealed to this Court.
The facts leading to this case are as follows:
The complainant Obuama Addy and the victim Ayitey Okaidja lived at Bukom, Sakumo Amartse We. They were assigned the task by the said Amatse We family to visit the land they owned around Adjangote near Kwabenya to ensure that encroachers did not take over the land. On 11th November 2013, when the two went to the site, they met some people working on a portion of the land and in an attempt to en…