A High Court in Accra has sentenced 47-year-old Burkinabe, Boigouna Aloys, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of murdering his German wife, Claudia Weizmann, and their teenage daughter at their residence in Kokrobitey, Accra.
The conviction followed a unanimous guilty verdict from a seven-member jury on two counts of murder. Prosecutors revealed that Aloys struck his 53-year-old wife with a hammer during an argument, and then, fearing their 14-year-old daughter would report him, he strangled her as well.
Assistant State Attorney Yvonne Yaachie-Adomako led the prosecution, calling five witnesses to support their case. When presiding judge Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh gave Aloys an opportunity to speak before sentencing, he declined.
Details presented in court showed that Aloys buried both bodies at the edge of their 10-plot property in an attempt to cover up the crime. However, neighbors became suspicious due to the family’s sudden disappearance and a foul odor emanating from the compound.
They notified the police, leading to an investigation that eventually implicated Aloys. He later confessed to both murders, explaining that he had killed his wife in a violent altercation and then killed his daughter to prevent her from reporting him.
The family, who had relocated from Germany to Ghana in January 2020, was living on the expansive Kokrobitey property when the tragic incident occurred.