IPNEWS: Police in Gbarnga, Bong County have charged and sent to court a 45-year-old man identified as Hamilton Flomo for allegedly murdering his wife in Tassah, Kpaai District, Bong County.
On Wednesday of this week, Flomo and the deceased had gone to their farm for the regular day’s work.
According to him, after his trap caught a grass cutter, he advised his wife that two-quarters of the meat be sold to get rice.
Flomo told police investigators that his request was denied by her.
Suspect Hamilton Flomo explained that he left his wife on the farm and went to negotiate the sale of the two quarters, and upon his return, his wife hid the meat, a situation that brought bitter exchanges which later turn into a fistfight.
“After my trap caught the meat, I told her for us to sell some of the meat to buy rice since we don’t have anything for eating with rice being very expensive. When I told her, she kept arguing with me As I speak, we don’t have rice. I wanted us to have something at home since things are expensive. My wife couldn’t listen to me!” he told police in Bong County Friday.
Suspect Flomo further narrated that after he found the buyer, his wife refused to sell the meat which resulted in a fight leading to the untimely death.
“When I found the buyer, I came to get the meat, but she refused to give me the meat for sell. When I asked, she couldn’t respond. She later start to fight me” he added.
Flomo said his wife threatened to kill him with a cutlass and he in self-defense hit her with a stick on the head.
After he noticed she was dead, he ran into the bush and later threatened to harm anyone who will expose him.
Jurors’ report
According to a 15-man juror set up to examine the body, it was established that Hamilton Flomo wasted acid on his wife before chopping her with a cutlass on the head. The victim was later ordered buried.
Meanwjile, Hamilton Flomo, a rubber tapper, has been charged with murder and forwarded to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Bong County to face trial.
Citizens’ responses
Moreover, Community dwellers who spoke to our reporter described the incident as unfortunate, with others expressing mixed reactions that she disrespected the man. Onlookers in various street corners of Gbarnga, are now cautious of the usual killings in Bong County.
Background
At the same time, police records in Bong County have revealed that Sanoyea District for the past three years has topped the list of the major crimes in the County ranging from murder, attempted murder, rape, aggravated assault, manslaughter, and persistent-Nonsupport and etc.
The court records also show that 85 percent of these culprits are young people.
In July of this year, a man killed his father justifying that he saw his father like an animal, thus shooting him to death in Sanoyea district.
The 31-year-old man was charged with manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm.
He has been arrested and remanded in police custody awaiting court trial.
In August 2021, a hunter accidentally killed another hunter in Sanoyea Chiefdom with a single-barrel gun during hunting with a similar justification. By: J. Peter S. Dennis GBARNGA, Liberia
