By In Tamale, the High Court has sentenced Zeinab Muhammad Ali, a 28-year-old nurse at the Tamale Teaching Hospital’s Emergency Burns Unit Red Zone, to six years in prison with hard labor for assaulting her husband.
Zeinab, a mother of two, caused severe injuries to her husband, Rayan Yussif, a 42-year-old civil engineer, by pouring boiling water on him during a dispute over his refusal to allow her to drive his vehicle to work.
Charged with causing harm under section 69 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), Zeinab initially pleaded not guilty but was found guilty after a trial presided over by Justice Eric Ansah Ankomah.
Rayan, the victim, received initial treatment at the Tamale Teaching Hospital before being transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) for further medical attention.
