The Tema District Court presided over by Her Worship Justice Akosua Anokyewaa Agyapong has declined bail for the two suspects in the murder case of the GPHA official, Josephine Tandoh Asante.
This was after Baba Jamal, lawyer for the first accused, Christian Adjei, who was the house boy of the deceased, and Isaac Eshun, lawyer for the second suspect, Amos Apraku, driver for the deceased requested bail for their clients.
The court has asked the lawyers of the suspects to apply for bail at a higher court which has such jurisdiction since the court where the suspects are currently being tried has no such powers.
Manager in charge of Marketing and Public Affairs at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Josephine Asante was allegedly murdered in January 2019 at her residence in Tema Community 25.
Madam Asante was reportedly attacked in her bedroom after returning from a Senior Staff party of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) on Saturday January 12, 2019.
Her children, were reported to have discovered her body in a pool of blood Sunday morning.
The Tema Police Command has since arrested the” house boy" of the deceased, Christian Agyei, aged 22 who lives at the boy’s quarters in the compound.
According to the intercepted wireless report, the house boy was arrested with 340 Ghana cedis and a wrist watch of the deceased, which he allegedly buried in the ground behind his window at the boys’ quarters.
In the case of the Tema Community Four Central Assembly of God Church head pastor's murder, the court ordered the Chief Psychiatrist at the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital to release the medical and Psychiatric examination results by February 26, 2019.
The Magistrate's order comes on the heels of the prosecutor, ASP Asamani's assertion at the court that all the tests as directed by the court have been completed but the results are yet to be released.
The court therefore rescheduled both cases to February ending.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Edward Sebbie
