Assassination of a teacher by Asiakwa: the court refuses the application for bail of defendants

General News of Friday, July 12, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-07-12

A Kyebi district court rejected a request for bail filed by the defense lawyer of the six defendants in the murder case of Mr. George Somuah Bosompem, a teacher in Asiakwa, in the region of l & # 39; Is.

The judge, His worship, Bosompem Apenkwa, who presided over the court on Friday, dismissed the bail application because of the nature of the case, the fact that the sentence is a conviction to death and that it is also of public interest.

On June 25, 2019, the court placed the six defendants in custody after the prosecution requested them to return him pending the opinion of the Attorney General's Department.

Accused – Richard Amaning, 18, Mireku Emmanuel, 19, Philip Kodie, 19, Offei Frimpong, 19, Ezekiel Boadu, 20, and Evans Aboagye aka Otega, 19, charged with conspiracy to commit crimes with Assbadination and Assbadination, will reappear in court on July 30, 2019.

Coincidentally, some of the accused have had their birthday today.

The deceased professor, George Somuah Bosompem, was the head of the Methodist Church and a religious and moral education, as well as the twi teacher of the Salvation Army Elementary School.

On May 14, 2019, Crown Attorney Margaret Kontoh asked the Court to remove the accused to allow the prosecution to conduct further investigations of her school's birth certificates to reconcile her actual age. as a defense lawyer, challenged the ages provided by the prosecution, stating that all the defendants are therefore under the age of 18, the case must therefore be tried by a juvenile court.

Again, the defense attorney previously pleaded the alibi of two of the defendants – Mireku Emmanuel and Philip Kodie, stating that they were not present in the community at the time of the hearing. Incident, which, in his opinion, will take place during the referral process.

George Somuah Bosompem, 57, described by many as affable and hardworking, was married to Adwoa Asieduwaa. He had three children – Charles Aduako Somuah, 18, pbading the WASSCE exams, Kwadwo Somuah Bosompem, 4, and Kwadwo Abrokwa Somuah, 4 months old.