Ghana Man’s Attempt to Poison His Lover Led to Her Death And Four Other Kids…

They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned; but the same applies to men, apparently.

This sad story from Jaway Anlo near Half Assini has all the elements of a Shakespearan tragedy. Mawutor Huevor, the suspect, attempted to poison his estranged lover with rat poison, but unfortunately she did not eat the resulting meal alone, but took it with four children who also perished from the poison.

Graphic Online reports Mawutor is in the grips of police for the suspected crime. He used to stay with the deceased for years as husband and wife, until she moved out over his refusal to pay her bride price and legally marry her.

According to the accused, the girl and her friends were teasing him over the break-up. They even composed a song to use to laugh at him; so being unable to take the humiliation any longer he designed a plan to get rid of the lady.

According to police, he sneaked into Ami’s room around 4am and laced some gari she had with rodenticide, which is exactly what it sounds like. Ami used that gari to prepare some gari fotor that very morning.

After she finished eating, some four kids of a friend who was around started crying that they were hungry. To save time, as they were preparing to go to work, she fetched some of the remaining meal and served the kids with it.

Soon after she started complaining of stomach pains, followed closely by the four kids. Aged between two and five, they all died alongside the woman despite being rushed to hospital.

Medical examination found they died of poisoning, and a police search of Mawutor’s residence after his arrest discovered the remains of the poison.

Really, just some little mocking songs drives you to retaliate? And to that extent? Now four innocent kids are dead, and this grown man crybaby deserves all the grief that the legal system would slap him with.