The Assin Fosu District Court, presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu, has remanded a trader, Monica Ampomah, 28, into police custody for three weeks for allegedly inflicting deep cutlass wounds on her 10‑year‑old daughter.

According to the prosecution, the accused is alleged to have caned the Class Five pupil with a cane and a metal rod before slashing her on the head, hand and finger with a cutlass.

The complainant, Mr Gilbert Takyi, a nurse at St Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu, reported the matter to the Central North Regional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.

Prosecution statements indicate that the accused, who is the child’s mother, had for about two months noticed a whitish discharge in the child’s underwear whenever she washed them.

She allegedly suspected the child was being sexually abused by an unknown man and was concealing the information from her.

On July 21, 2026 at about 03:00 GMT, the accused allegedly woke the child and questioned her about the discharge, demanding that she identify the man responsible.

The child reportedly denied that anyone had sexually abused her. Dissatisfied with the response, the accused allegedly caned her while continuing to demand an explanation.

The accused then allegedly picked up a metal rod used to grip pots during the preparation of banku and struck the child, still demanding the truth.

When the child maintained that no one had assaulted her, the accused allegedly picked up a cutlass and slashed her on the head, hand and finger, causing injuries.

The accused is said to have driven the child out of the room at about 04:00. With nowhere else to go, the child reportedly went to her school proprietress and narrated the alleged ordeal.

The proprietress subsequently informed Mr Takyi, who rushed the child to St Francis Xavier Hospital for medical attention before lodging a complaint with Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU).

A police medical report form was issued to the complainant for the child to undergo medical examination and treatment. The completed medical report was later endorsed and returned to the police.

The accused was arrested, cautioned and charged with causing harm. Prosecutor Matilda Osaah Buabeng presented the case before the court.

His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu remanded Monica Ampomah into police custody for two weeks and ordered her to reappear on September 3, 2026.

The court also ordered that the accused undergo a mental examination to establish her mental status and determine whether she is fit to stand trial.