"The woman, whose body was found at the Madina Cemetery, was a Prostitute I killed on New Year's Day in self-defence," one David Bruce has confessed to the Police.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) In-Charge of the Madina District Police Headquarters, Mr Kwabena Antwi-Boasiako told the GNA that Bruce made the confession when the Police arrested him from his hideout.
DSP Antwi-Boasiako said Bruce claimed that he picked the unidentified woman on December 31, 2004 from the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and sent her to his house in Madina.
Bruce said the deceased charged him 100,000 cedis for her services, which he agreed to pay.
DSP Antwi-Boasiako said the suspect alleged that he excused the woman and went to attend to nature's call and when he returned and looked under his bed, where he had kept his 400,000 cedis, he could not find it and so he confronted the Lady, who said she had not seen it either.
Bruce said when he attempted to search the Lady she took a knife, which was lying on a table, to ward him off.
He said in the ensuing struggle he succeeded in wresting the knife from her and stabbed her several times.
DSP Antwi-Boasiako said Bruce confessed that when he tried to seize the knife from her he had a cut in the palm and that incensed him.
The Police Commander said Bruce said he engaged the services of a Truck Pusher around 0300 hours on New Year's Day and went and dumped the body at the Madina Cemetery.