Trader slaps policeman to get her version of Midland saga

According to her, she slapped the policeman to provoke him so he could assault her. By so doing, she will court public sympathy which will lead to financial donations as it happened to the woman who was assaulted by a policeman at the banking hall of Midland Savings and Loans Limited in Accra.

The complainant, according to the “brief facts” seen by Pulse.com.gh, are "police personnel" whilst the accused persons are "petty traders."

The case, being handled by D/L/CPL Francis Osei Bonsu, notes that on August 1, 2018, while the police personnel were on duty at the Inchaban police check point, the accused persons were on board "a mini Urvan bus from Takoradi direction towards Shama junction" in the Western Region.

“On reaching the junction check point, the 1st accused person (a woman) started raining insult on the complainants for blocking the road just for one Ghana cedis from the drivers,” the facts of the case noted.

“One of the duty men now complainant got closer to the bus to enquire from the lady if they have done her wrong or she is the driver.

“Just as the police man piped through the window of the bus to ask questions, the lady quickly gave him a slap and took off the cap he was wearing,” according to the fact sheet.

The Urvan driver, the police said: “started filming the action of the lady.”

“The police man managed to control his temper by asking the driver to drive to Inchaban Police Station for all the passengers to come down so that he could retrieve his cap from” the woman.

The police man demanded to know the reason for the lady’s action but was told by the lady that she “want to provoke the police for them to beat her so that she could also make money as it happened in Accra.”

The accused was handed over to the Western Region Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for further investigations into the matter.

The woman and the person who was filming the assault on the police man were charged and arraigned before the court, accord to the brief facts.

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