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Crime & Punishment of Friday, April 5, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-04-05
The late Major Mahama
The state on Wednesday presented its eighth prosecution witness in the trial of the alleged killers of the late Major Maxwell Mahama.
Mr. Solomon Sakyiamah, a Detective Sergeant who testified in chief, was headed by Ms. Frances Mullen Ansah, Attorney General, told the court that it was in Denkyira Domenase.
He stated that on that fateful day of May 29, 2017, he was at the police station when he received a call from a friend by the name of Big Alhaji telling him that he was traveling to Deiso and that he was stopped at the junction of Denkyira Obuasi, by a farmer that an armed robber entered the city, so he should not go further, so he needed help of the police.
He said with other colleagues – Corporal Kofi Sarpong and his postmaster, Chief Inspector John Otoo went to town.
The prosecution witness stated that he had called Denkyira Obuasi a police officer to inform him of this news, as this area was not within his competence to mobilize his men.
He said that when they arrived at the scene, they saw many people standing on both sides of the road and immediately saw an adult man lying on the floor, a burning T-shirt on his face. chest and a block of cement on his shoulder.
He said seeing this, they moved closer to the body and "we saw that there were multiple traces of aggression all over the body".
Mr Sakyiamah said that there were traces of violence on the body with blood flowing from his nose and mouth and that he was motionless.
He said that at that time, Corporal Sarpong had used a stick to remove the burnt t-shirt from the body and that he had been photographed.
The witness stated at the scene that he had learned that someone had been shot and that he was receiving treatment at the clinic. So they continued tracking, learning that it was a young man named Ambad.
"Ambad told us that it was the late Major Mahama who had shot him down, while he wanted to take the gun from behind," he said.
The Detective Sergeant stated that on their return to the scene, they had met the head of the Deiso Police Station in the company of the Assembly, one of the accused, where they had handed over all information collected at the crime scene, as well as photographs taken and left.
In cross-examination, Mr. Bernard Shaw, the lawyer for William Baah and others asked the witness what he was supposed to do when he went to the scene of the crime. .
The witness stated that he was supposed to complete the scene for security reasons before the start of the investigation.
Asked why the crime scene had not been completed, the witness told the court that when he had received the call from the informant, the details of the events had not been communicated to him and, therefore, no preparation had been made.
The lawyer then asked the witness why Corporal Sarpong had tampered with the evidence of the removal of the T-shirt, but said that it was to prevent the body from being burned and also to allow them to take pictures. which would serve as proof.
Fourteen people are currently being tried by the High Court of Accra after the killing of Commander Mahama, an officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion, at the Burma camp.
The late major was serving in Denkyira-Obuasi, central region, when on May 29, 2017, residents allegedly took him for an armed robber and lynched him.
The crowd had ignored his persistent plea that he was an officer of Ghana's armed forces.
The accused are William Baah, member of the Denkyira Obuasi Assembly, Bernard Asamoah aka Daddy, Kofi Nyame ak.a.Abortion, Akwasi Boah, Kwame Tuffour, Joseph Appiah Kubi, Michael Anim and Bismarck Donkor.
The others are John Bosie, Akwasi Baah, Charles Kwaning, Emmanuel Badu, Bismarck Abanga and Kwadwo Anima.
The Court presided over by judge Mariama Owusu, postponed the case to Thursday, April 4, for further proceedings.
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