Cape Coast, Aug.17, GNA- James Boafo, a 23- year- old farmer from Twifo-Mampong who drove away his wife and their five-month old baby from his home and set the room of a neighbour ablaze, for offering them shelter, was on Thursday remanded into prison custody when he was arraigned at a circuit court in Cape Coast.

Boafo, pleaded guilty, but pleaded for an out of court settlement, and the presiding judge, Mr Beresford Acquah, remanded him in custody for two months, and asked him to pacify the victim, pending the consideration of his appeal.

Prosecuting, Mr Daniel Mukwei said Boafo picked a quarrel with his wife in the morning of August 6 this year, and asked her to pack her belongings and leave their room.

According to him, he then asked her to leave town and threatened that both she and the person who would offer her shelter would "suffer the consequences".

Mr Mukwei said the wife, approached one Madam Akua Yeboah, a middle age woman who offered her accommodation and while she was sweeping the room, her husband appeared, and reminded her of his threat. The woman became afraid as a result, and moved out of Madam Yeboah's room, to lodge elsewhere, but not knowing that his wife had moved, Boafo came back to set the ablaze, destroying personal belongings worth 3.4 million cedis in the process.

Boafo, went into hiding but was later arrested, he said.