The Sege District Court, presided over by Narh Awah, has threatened to strike out a case before it, if the prosecutor absents himself again at the next adjourned date.
The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Francis Acquaye, was hardly regular at court to assist in the trial of seven accused persons for allegedly causing harm to Clement Ackwerh, the complainant.
The case has been called 14 times since its first hearing on July 27, 2020.
In all the hearings, the complainant and his family appeared in court, but Chief Inspector, Francis Acquaye, has made it to court only five times.
On June 7, 2021 when the case was called for trial to continue, the prosecutor failed to show up, consequently, compelling Mr NarhAwah to warn of striking out the case should Chief Inspector Acquaye absent himself again on July 7, 2021.
The seven accused persons namely; Daniel Nomotey Nartey, Solomon Nartey, Emmanuel Sabbah, Esther Puplampu, AgorvorDaitey, BuerPuplampu and Iddrisu Puplampu are standing trial at the Sege District Court for allegedly causing harm to Clement Ackwerh, a crop farmer.
The brief facts are that, on April 28, 2020 the accused persons reportedly attacked Clement Ackwerh, farmer, on his farmland at Hwakpo in the West Ada District.
The accused persons reportedly inflicted cutlass wounds on Clement’s body and palm, who managed to escape on his motorbike.
Clement Ackwerh later reported the incident to the Sege District Police who gave him police medical form for treatment.
The police, after their investigations, processed the seven for court, with the first hearing on July 27, 2020 when Chief Inspector Francis Acquaye, the prosecutor, appeared in court.
The case has since been adjourned 13 times from August 13, 2020 to June 7, 2021 and the complainant and his family have not been satisfied with the attitude of the prosecutor for his absenteeism in court.
On May 27, 2021 when the case was scheduled to be heard, the complainant and his family were in court but Chief Inspector Acquaye was absent. However, the court did not sit on that day because the presiding judge was indisposed.
The court’s registrar, therefore, gave June 7, 2021 for the hearing, a new date the complainant and his family reported to the prosecutor, whose office is close to the court.
Sadly, when the complainant appeared on the new date and the case was called, Chief Inspector Francis Acquaye was nowhere to be found.
The one too many absenteeism by the prosecutor to appear in court to enable a speedy trial of the case compelled Mr NarhAwah, the judge, to warn of striking out the case.
The warning infuriated the complainant’s family to express their dissatisfaction at the deliberate attitude of the prosecutor, whose absenteeism compelled the court to sound the strong warning of striking out the case should the prosecutor fail to appear on the next adjourned date, July 7, 2021.
From John Bediako and InusaMusah, Sege
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