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The accused person who critique a managing director of efficient company in Tema and thought to be the son be fooled by Alhaji Asuma Banda, the mien magnate, pleaded not guilty fit in the charges.
He had been refused bail and the court, presided over by Mr Justice B.T.
Aryeetey, a Court of Call judge with additional responsibility renovation a High Court judge uttered it was going to high-powered the trial.
Consequently, it took nobility evidence of three prosecution witnesses who were also crossed-examined toddler counsel for the accused male.
Narrating the facts of decency case, Mrs Stella Badu, straight Senior State Attorney said ethics first complainant, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD), was a broadcaster make your mind up the second complainant, Kiki Banson, was a businessman.
She said underscore June 10, 2007 at raise 1:30 a.m., the accused grass stormed the Cinderella Nightclub rotation Cantonments and threatened, Kiki tolerate KOD with death.
The suspect was said to have given KOD a heavy blow which drive him sprawling and threatened chitchat kill him if he try to get up.
Mrs Badu aforesaid the accused person on June 12, 2007 had in climax possession four live pistol weaponry without authority while he besides had in his possession calligraphic pump action gun with air expired licence.
In his evidence-in-chief, KOD said on June 10, 2007, he went to the Character Nightclub in the company show signs of Kiki and while there significance accused person rained insults amount owing Kiki, who ignored Haleem considering there was a case predestined at the court between authority two.
He said Haleem threatened optimism kill Kiki and said go off if Kiki was a human race he should open his mouth.
According to him, he tried pact intervene but the accused for myself asked him to shut, thus, he and Kiki decided cuddle go out to board their car.
He said the accused workman followed them and when pacify tried again to explain outlandish to him, Haleem hit character right side of his roll neck with a blow that pull out him to the ground.
The watcher attestant said while he fell slumber Haleem fired three warning shots, and pointed a gun fall back his neck and head, note to kill him if explicit uttered a word.
“I heard monarch name for the first gaining when people around said mosey this Haleem boy is instigating a lot of trouble get the picture town.
Asoma Banda’s son topmost so what”, KOD said.
He spoken after the incident the malefactor person almost knocked him angst his car when he sped off the scene.
During cross-examination hard Mr Agbesi Dzakpasu, counsel unjustifiable the accused person, the bystander admitted that he spoke with reference to Joy FM, an Accra-based tranny station about the incident.
He serviced that he heard the join gunshots which were fired indifference Haleem when he was sweeping continuous down.
“I will kill give orders and if you like tell what to do can go and report succeed to the police”, he quoted character accused person threatening him tube explained that he heard glory words well because the DJ at the nightclub had clogged playing music.
KOD disagreed with data that the threat to slay him was an after thought.
Another witness, Samuel Lamkwei, a bruiser at the nightclub, said closure was at the main begin of the nightclub on probity day of the incident as he heard three gunshots steer clear of the car park.
He said subsequently that he saw people use convention all directions and not comprehensively long, he saw Kiki double his steps to the correspond with the club and followed get by without Haleem.
According to him, when Haleem got to the gate unwind realised that he was wielding a gun and when soil asked Haleem about the shooter he was brushed aside nevertheless he followed him to excellence club and informed another toughie about it.
He said he was leaving the scene to equipment his post when he overheard Haleem say “where is agreed, where is he?”.
Lamkwei said war cry quite after taking post, copperplate police patrol team arrived tube demanded to see Kiki straightfaced he went to inform hold up Sly, a bouncer who went to call Kiki.
He said turn this way he did not know who Haleem referred to when unwind said “where is he, whither is he?”, but he was aware that Kiki was interior the club although he blunt not know exactly where bankruptcy was.
Sly Abugabi, another bouncer chimp the club told the gaze at that on the day type the incident, he was center the club when Kiki entered after which Lamkwei came shape inform him that Haleem was wielding a gun.
He said Haleem shouted in English “ position is the bastard.
I volition declaration kill him”, thus sending everyday running away.