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Crime and punishment of Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Source: Robert Dela Mawuenyegah, Contributor
01/13/2021
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On Monday January 11, 2021, the High Court of Justice of the four (4) correctional court granted a bond in the amount of GH ¢ 200,000 with three sureties to the accused Collins Quarcoo, alias Kola, the shooter on trial for his involvement in the election violence that took place in the collation center in the central constituency of Ablekuma on December 8, 2020.
The condition of bail is that two of his sureties, who must be civil servants earning at least GHc 15,000 per month, must prove their earnings.
Kola, on December 17, 2020, during the first appeal of the case, was returned by the judge of the Circuit Court, Mr. Emmanuel Essandoh to be placed in police custody. The judge has since been indisposed and this led to the postponement of the hearing 4 times.
On January 8, 2021, the defendants’ lawyers reportedly applied for bail to the High Court of Justice, the Criminal Court 4 and on January 11 the High Court granted bail and further ordered the defendant to then that he was on bail to report to the police every Monday and Friday of the week. Journalist can confirm that at least one of the victims, Pius Kwanin Asiedu, was not informed of the bail request and only learned that the suspect was not released on bail until January 13 2021.
Speaking to J. people, it is right that they should have been informed. And in Asiedu’s case, it’s even more serious because he lives in the same neighborhood as the accused
The accused, Collins Quarcoo alias Kola, was indicted on 6 counts, including causing damage, possession of firearms without legal authorization and use of offensive weapons without legal authorization.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Kola is accused of having shot 5 people, including a policeman and a journalist at the snack center of the Odorkor police church.
The victims include the police inspector, Nixon Awuni and Pius Kwanin Asiedu, a reporter from Newswatchgh.com and Rashid Umar, a trader and vice president of Sabon Zongo’s NDC.
During an oral presentation by his lawyers to the Circuit Court, Kola, who was said to have been a member of the national security, allegedly shot indiscriminately at a crowd at a snacking center in the central Ablekuma constituency after having been shot. brief discussion with MP. of the constituency.
The lawyer for the accused Faisal Cissé pleaded for his client’s release on bail, arguing that his client is a public official and not a risk of absconding.
Kola, according to his lawyer, is employed as a national security agent in the operations department of the president’s office, Jubilee House.
Circuit Court judge Emmanuel Essandoh, currently indisposed, adjourned the procedure to Thursday, December 24, 2020 then postponed to December 31, 2020, January 5 and 11, 2021.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Journalists Association and the media in general have vowed to follow the case to the end.
The new court hearing date is Monday January 18, 2021 at Circuit Court 4 in Accra.
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