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Adams Mahama and Gregory Afoko
The pathologist who performed the autopsy of the late Adams Mahama, president of the Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), once again failed to testify in the court of Gregory Afoko who was charged with the murder.
Lawrence Edusei is the Prosecution witness of 13 and he has not yet submitted the autopsy report of the deceased NPP official.
He did not appear last week to testify and the prosecution headed by Mathew Amponsah, a senior state attorney, told the court that the pathologist had prayed the court to him give two weeks to prepare the report.
The court then adjourned the case yesterday hoping it would be available for trial.
In court yesterday, the prosecution told the court that the pathologist was still asking for more time to prepare his report.
He said that he had done his best to contact him, but the doctor asked him to pray the court.
The court presided over by judge Lawrence L. Mensah was not impressed by the excuse and he questioned the prosecution about the time it takes to write a thesis [19659010]. by Osafo Buaben did not object to the pathologist's excuse, saying he said the report is not ready then he should have time to prepare it.
However, Mensah J. expressed concern about the pathologist's absence, saying it would be the last time that he
The pathologist's omission to be present at the court today and the rest of the week is very unpleasant for the court. The court will accept the postponement requested by the pathologist on July 18, 2018. However, the court will no longer accept any excuse for adjournments after that date.
The hearing continues on July 18, 2018.
The first time
Dr. Lawrence Edusei was the target of criticism of the court last week when he failed to come forward to present the report and testify.
This led the judge to say that he would not let him do what happened with JB Danquah. Case; he told the court that his house had been robbed and that he had lost a significant number of autopsy reports.
The judge also complained of the time it took for the pathologist to prepare the report by comparing the situation with the judges who had to write for a very long time.
"This is not a district court and I would not allow what happened in the JB Danquah case to happen here," he said
" We judge 50, 60 and sometimes 100 judgments and it does not take us two weeks, what kind of report does he write? ", Questioned Judge Mensah.
"We are not joking here, it is his civic responsibility as a doctor even if he is retired," he added
BY Gibril Abdul Razak
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