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Prison Service yet to release J.B Danquah’s ‘murderers’
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Prisons Service, Vitalis Ayeh said the suspects will only be released after the officials of the Nsawam Prisons receive the final clearance document from the court.
Vincent Bossu (Left) and Daniel Asiedu
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Prisons Service, Vitalis Ayeh told Accra-based Citi FM that the suspects will only be released after the officials of the Nsawam Prisons receive the final clearance document from the court.
“The process from the Court is that, if somebody is discharged, they should come to the prisons and pick their properties, and again they should come with a discharge warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction directing the prison authorities to release them from prison custody. As at Monday, when they returned, the discharge warrant had not come. We are waiting for it … We understand it is on its way coming. As soon as we get it and we are satisfied that it is coming from a court of competent jurisdiction, we release them to go.”
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The Attorney General at a hearing on Tuesday (May 30, 2017) filed a nolle prosequi discontinuing the trial of the two suspected murderers of former MP.
The AG represented by a state attorney Sefakor Batse on Tuesday moved the application at the high court.
The two suspects Daniel Asiedu aka sexy dondon and Vincent Bosso aka Junior Agogo were therefore discharged by the court.
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Meanwhile, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Gloria Akuffo has said that the two suspects who were discharged are not free at all.
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“We have reviewed the docket and we have come to the conclusion that there are aspects of the matter that require further investigation and when the matter is being heard, you cannot conduct further investigation, so out of necessity, you have to discontinue to enable you to conduct those investigations. So that is why we entered the nolle prosequi so they are not walking at all,” Ms Akuffo told Accra-based Joy FM.
The two were picked up in March 2016 after the murder of the late MP in his residence at Shiashie in Accra.
Daniel Asiedu the prime suspect in the case initially confessed to the crime but later denied the allegation and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The two were charged with murder and abetment to rob respectively.
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