A couple was sentenced to prison for assaulting a'side chick.'

A couple who abused the man's girlfriend — a "side chick" – were jailed by the Bekwai Circuit Court.

Oko Agyemang admitted conspiring to assault Helena Opoku with Christiana Annan, his wife and was sentenced to pay 50 penalty units equivalent to ¢600.00 or serve two months in prison in hard labor, while Christiana Annan was sentenced to pay a fine of 60 penalty units equivalent to ¢720.00 or serve three months in prison in hard labor.

Oko was also granted bail for the assault on Helena, which he denied, and was summoned to return to court on Monday, June 13, 2022, for the trial.

Helena, the complainant, was unemployed and a neighbor of the couple in Ahenema-Kokoben in the Ashanti Region, according to Police Chief Inspector Christian Osborn Amartey.

Agyeman proposed to Helena around three months ago, he added, after convincing her that he had divorced his wife.

According to the prosecution, the complainant agreed, and they began dating on the outskirts of Annan.

According to him, the complainant traveled to her hometown of Asante-Bekwai as the relationship evolved, and upon her return, she discovered that Agyeman was still married to his wife.

This meant she wouldn't be able to visit him again, so she went to her mother's.

According to the prosecution, the complainant went to Agyeman's house on April 18, 2022, at about 1900 hours, encountered Annan, and wanted to apologize to her for accepting Agyemang's proposal.

According to the report, Annan became enraged and began striking her with a metal bar.

The complainant was pushed to the ground by Agyeman and his wife, according to the court, with Annan inserting her fingers into her vagina.

The couple then grabbed the complainant's phones and confined her in a room till the next day, according to the prosecution.

The complainant, who had bruises all over her body and a cut on her right thumb, reported the incident to the police, which led to the couple's arrest, according to the report.