Crime & Punishment of Wednesday, 12 February 2020Source: GNAHerbalist jailed five years for possessing human partsA human skull was found in Mensah's room during the search. A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced Isaac Mensah, a 24 year old traditional medicine practitioner (Herbalist) to five years imprisonment in hard labour for possessing a human skull and possessing fake currency. Mensah, pleaded not guilty to the charge of possessing human parts but the court, presided over by Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith found him guilty after trial and was convicted accordingly. Mensah was subsequently arrested and a human skull was found in his room during a search. According to Sergeant Yakubu, Mensah claimed ownership of the human skull but could not tell how he got it.

Source: GhanaWeb February 11, 2020 20:37 UTC