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.
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| Tema Port's Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Mrs Josephine Asante |
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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