A
29-year-old woman, Comfort Audu, on Tuesday, appeared before a Masaka Upper
Area Court, Nasarawa, for allegedly biting one Elizabeth Dangana’ s breast;
inflicting injuries on her.
The
accused, who pleaded not guilty to the one- count charge of causing hurt
brought against her, told the court that they had a fight but she did not bite
her breast.
The
Police Prosecutor, Insp Frank Swem, told the court that Dangana of Kuchikau 1,
in Nasarawa, reported the matter at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Masaka
on Dec. 13.
Swem
said that on Dec. 5, at about 02:40 a.m., the complainant washed her clothes
and hung them on a rope.
He
said that when the accused saw her clothes on the rope, she removed them and
when the complainant tried to caution her, it resulted in a quarrel between
them.
Swem
said that the accused violently attacked the complainant, resulting in various
degrees of injury, especially in her chest.
The
prosecutor added that the accused also bit the complainant’s right breast,
adding that while taking her to the hospital, she collapsed on the way.
He
said that the complainant had just been discharged from the Alkanshi Hospital
in Nyanya Gwandara, Nasarawa State, where she was treated.
Swem
said the offences contravened Section 242 of the Penal Code.
The
judge, Yakubu Ishaku , granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 and one
surety in like sum.
Ishaku
ordered that the surety must deposit two passport photographs with a verifiable
address.
He
adjourned the case to Jan. 18 for hearing.
- NAN
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