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A Cape Coast High Court has sentenced a fisherman to death by hanging for setting ablaze five children, resulting in the death of one child. The fisherman, Kwabena Amakye, a native of Moree in the Central Region was also sentenced to a three-year prison term for the burns sustained by the other four children. Joy News� Central regional Correspondent, Richard Kojo Nyarko, reports that on April 21, 2012, while Amakye was at home resting after a long day of fishing, he was rudely awaken by the playful noise coming from the children, who were in a neighbouring house. Infuriated by the noise, the fisherman went into his room, developed a bomb with cement papers and premix fuel and threw it in the direction of the noisy children. �The children suffered severe burns that led to the death of Kwaku Mensah, one of the five children�, Richard explained. Hannah Taylor, a Chief State Attorney was the prosecutor of the case.