JUDGMENT
1. INTRODUCTION
This an appeal against the decision of Her Honour Dora G.A. Inkumsah sitting as a Circuit Court judge dated the 4th May, 2023.
The Appellant, Richmond Kweku Lutterodt was arraigned before the child-friendly Circuit Court Dovvsu Headquarters, Accra.
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
Engaging in domestic violence to wit: Physical abuse contrary to Sections 1(b)(i) and 3(2) of the Domestic Violence Act 2007 (Act 732).
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
RICHMOND KWEKU LUTTERODT: A SOLDIER: In the month of September 2021, at Teshie Camp in the Greater Accra Region and within the jurisdiction of this Court, you beat up SUSUANA AGGREY LUTTERRODT.
your wife using your hands.
BRIEF FACTS
The facts of the case as presented by the Prosecution are that the Complainant, Sussana Aggrey Lutterodt is a musician and lives at Kasoa. The complainant and the Appellant are a married couple who have lived together for six years without a child.
Sometime in September 2021, the complainant alleged that one Francis Atas…