THE Bolgatanga Circuit Court has sentenced a resident of Bawku, Ayimbilla Bashiru, to a three-year jail term with hard labour for breaking curfew hours in the municipality.
Bashiru pleaded guilty to the offence and was sentenced on his own plea by the court presided over by Mr William Boampong.
According to the prosecution, Bashiru was arrested on April 11, 2010 at 11:20 p.m. loitering in the Bawku municipality and was picked up by the police, who were on patrol.
Curfew from 4p.m. to 6a.m. has been imposed by the government on Bawku and its environs in view of the protracted violence in the municipality.
Counsel for Bashiru, Mr Joseph Kpemka, said the prosecution, in its rush to obtain conviction, committed an error by applying laws which had been repealed and vowed to file an appeal at the Bolgatanga High Court to have the sentence quashed.
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