Date:
Aug 09 , 2019 BY: Benjamin
Xornam Glover
The lawyer
for the first accused person in the case of the murder of Mrs Josephine Asante
has requested the trial court to compel the prosecution to act to release his
client in accordance with the bail processes as granted by the High Court last
month.
The Criminal Division of
the Accra High Court granted the bail to Mr Christian Adjei on July 31, 2019 in
the sum of GH¢200,000 with two sureties, one of which must be justified.
However, the bail is yet to be executed due to administrative hiccups on the part
of the Ghana Police Service.
The bail was as a result
of an application filed by Mr Adjei’s lawyer.
Mr
Adjei is currently facing committal proceedings at the Tema TDC Magistrate Court .
At yesterday’s hearing,
lawyer for Mr Adjei, Mr Baba Jamal, told the court, presided over by Mrs Akosua
Anokyewaa Adjepong, that although his client met all the conditions for bail,
the police were yet to carry out an inspection of a building located at Alhaji,
a suburb of Accra
Letter
Mr Jamal told the court that he personally
served the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service with
a copy of a letter written by the Registrar of the High Court on August 2, 2019
and was surprised that till date the police had not acted to release his client
from custody.
He, therefore, appealed
to the magistrate to direct the prosecution to act on the letter from the High
Court Registrar.
The magistrate called on
the prosecution to comply with the directives from the High Court, carry out
the necessary inspection of the property and, if they meet the entire
requirement, grant the suspect bail.
She advised prosecutors
not to use administrative bottlenecks to prolong the suspect’s stay in custody.
The prosecution told the court that a copy of the case docket had been
forwarded to the Attorney-General’s office for advice.
The case was adjourned
to August 19, 2019.
Background
Mrs Asante, the
Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
(GPHA), was murdered on January 13, 2019 at her EMEFS Estates home, near
Afienya, in the Greater Accra Region.
Two persons — Amos
Apeku, her official driver, and Christian Adjei, her houseboy — have since been
hauled up in court.
The second accused
person, Apeku, was granted bail by the High Court in Accra
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