By Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.
A 68-YEAR-OLD man, Timothy Kojo Tandoh, who stood surety for his son in a stealing case in August 2010, but failed to produce him in court after 18 adjournments, has been convicted to serve six months in jail term by a Circuit Court in Kumasi on Monday.
Mr Tandoh, on August 23, 2011, applied for and signed an application of recognisance bail under “Section 104 of Act 29/60, assuring that he would produce the son before the Court at every sitting, but he failed to honour the promise.
He also failed to pay the GH¢ 10, 000 surety he signed for, compelling the court to slap him with the six month jail term.
When the court asked him to show cause why the bail bond should not be executed on him, Mr Tandoh stated that he had not been able to secure loans from friends to execute the bail bond.
Chief Inspector Rejoice Sumatu, prosecuting, told the Court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Amo Yartel that the convict stood surety for his son, one Nana Badu, who was arrested for stealing a mobile phone and cash from a passenger.
The prosecutor said the suspect, who was a mechanic at Atasemanso in Kumasi, stole a cash of GH¢ 2,540.00 and a TV mobile phone wrapped in a polythene bag from a passenger in a trotro.
She said the incident occurred on July 17, last year, when the complainant boarded a trotro from Suame roundabout to Abrepo Junction where she alighted.
She said in the course of the journey, Nana Badu who was sitting beside her in the vehicle used a sharp object to cut the bag containing the money and phone and when the complainant alighted from the vehicle, she realised that her money and the mobile phone were missing from the bag.
She said the complainant used another phone to call the number of the missing phone only to be responded by a male voice that refused to identify himself.
The prosecutor stated that the complainant lodged a complaint with the Police at the Central Police Station where investigation started immediately.
She said in the course of the investigations, it was revealed at the Vodafone office that the number of the stolen mobile phone had been used to call a witness in the case, causing police to invite the recipient of the call to assist in their investigations.
According to the prosecutor, the witness in the case revealed that it was Nana Badu who called her with the missing phone and assisted the police to arrest him around 5: 30 am on July 20,2010.
Chief Inspector Sumatu said when the suspect was arrested, he denied stealing the money and the mobile phone in his caution statement, but alleged that he found the phone on the ground at Santasi.
However, after series of police investigations, he was charged with the offence, and it was during his maiden appearance in court that his father stood surety for him, and also made a part payment of GH¢800.00 of the money his son was alleged to have stolen.
Monday, January 31, 2011
2 remanded for defilement (NSEMPA PAGE 5, JAN 31, 2011)
By Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.
THE Kumasi High Court, on Friday, remanded two accused persons in prison custody on two counts of conspiracy and defilement of a three-year old girl.
The accused persons, Desmond Addai and Osei Kwadwo both pleaded not guilty to the charges and were remanded into prison custody to reappear on February 10, 2011.
The case, which has been with the Attorney General’s Department for nearly a year, was called up for hearing on Friday, January 28, 2010.
However, trial was halted halfway into the proceedings, when a lawyer announced that she had been requested to defend the accused persons and pleaded for a short date to enable her prepare adequately to defend her clients.
Meanwhile, the accused persons had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Presenting the facts of the case to the court presided over by Justice R.C. Azumah, the Prosecuting Attorney, said the complainant, a trader, and the victim lived at Feyiase near Kumasi, where the accused persons also resided.
Mr Boison said on February 9, 2010, the complainant was searching for the victim to give her evening meal but could not find her till about 7.30 pm in the evening when she came home crying and bathed in faeces.
The victim was bleeding from her vagina.
The victim, he informed the court, then told the complainant that one of the accused persons, Addai, had sent her to buy ice water and that he and another person took her to a nearby plantain farm where they defiled her.
When she confronted Addai, he mentioned Osei Kwadwo as his accomplice because the victim could not identify him (Osei) who was wearing a mask.
According to the prosecution, a medical form duly endorsed by a medical officer, confirmed that the vagina of the victim was badly torn. Her hymen was also broken.
Based on the medical report, the Addai and Osei were arrested and charged with the crimes.
THE Kumasi High Court, on Friday, remanded two accused persons in prison custody on two counts of conspiracy and defilement of a three-year old girl.
The accused persons, Desmond Addai and Osei Kwadwo both pleaded not guilty to the charges and were remanded into prison custody to reappear on February 10, 2011.
The case, which has been with the Attorney General’s Department for nearly a year, was called up for hearing on Friday, January 28, 2010.
However, trial was halted halfway into the proceedings, when a lawyer announced that she had been requested to defend the accused persons and pleaded for a short date to enable her prepare adequately to defend her clients.
Meanwhile, the accused persons had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Presenting the facts of the case to the court presided over by Justice R.C. Azumah, the Prosecuting Attorney, said the complainant, a trader, and the victim lived at Feyiase near Kumasi, where the accused persons also resided.
Mr Boison said on February 9, 2010, the complainant was searching for the victim to give her evening meal but could not find her till about 7.30 pm in the evening when she came home crying and bathed in faeces.
The victim was bleeding from her vagina.
The victim, he informed the court, then told the complainant that one of the accused persons, Addai, had sent her to buy ice water and that he and another person took her to a nearby plantain farm where they defiled her.
When she confronted Addai, he mentioned Osei Kwadwo as his accomplice because the victim could not identify him (Osei) who was wearing a mask.
According to the prosecution, a medical form duly endorsed by a medical officer, confirmed that the vagina of the victim was badly torn. Her hymen was also broken.
Based on the medical report, the Addai and Osei were arrested and charged with the crimes.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES BOREHOLES FOR ABUBOI IPAGE 35, JAN 13, 2011)
THE people of Asuboi, a farming community in the Offinso South District in the Ashanti Region, could not hide their feelings during the inauguration of two boreholes fitted with hand pumps provided for them by MoneyGram International.
It was the greatest gift ever handed over to the community, as both the aged and the young took to the floor to celebrate the occasion with music and dance.
On November 5, this year, after Kumasi-based Nhyira FM, a private radio station, had carried the plight of the people of Asuboi on a news bulletin concerning the outbreak of black flies infestation of their water source, MoneyGram and partner banks promised to provide the community with two boreholes that would provide the people with potable water.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the MoneyGram Marketing Manager for Anglophone West Africa, Mr Gabriel Wilson, stressed the need for the people of Asuboi to adopt the culture of maintenance by taking good care of the boreholes so that they would have a longer lifespan.
“As we hand over these two boreholes, we would like to encourage the good people of Asuboi to maintain the investment for generations unborn to also benefit from the projects,” he reminded the people, and called on the Community Water and Sanitation Agency to assist the people to maintain them.
Mr Wilson called on media practitioners to hype more on rural dwellers and the development of communities, instead of paying attention to the developed areas.
Mr Ohene Tawia of Nhyira FM, who first brought the woes of the people to the fore, urged them to unite and be one another’s keeper.
He commended MoneyGram and its partner banks, Water Solutions, the Vector Control Unit and Zoomlion, which supplied chemicals to fight the black flies, for their prompt response to the distress call of the people of Asuboi.
Earlier in a welcoming address, Nana Frimpong Manso, the Asonahene of Asuboi, commended MoneyGram for the assistance to his people.
He used the opportunity to appeal to the telecommunication companies to build a mast in the area to enable the people to receive and send news outside.
“We have to climb trees to get telephone signals, which is not good enough, and we need the phone companies to construct masts here,” Nana Frimpong Manso said.
It was the greatest gift ever handed over to the community, as both the aged and the young took to the floor to celebrate the occasion with music and dance.
On November 5, this year, after Kumasi-based Nhyira FM, a private radio station, had carried the plight of the people of Asuboi on a news bulletin concerning the outbreak of black flies infestation of their water source, MoneyGram and partner banks promised to provide the community with two boreholes that would provide the people with potable water.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the MoneyGram Marketing Manager for Anglophone West Africa, Mr Gabriel Wilson, stressed the need for the people of Asuboi to adopt the culture of maintenance by taking good care of the boreholes so that they would have a longer lifespan.
“As we hand over these two boreholes, we would like to encourage the good people of Asuboi to maintain the investment for generations unborn to also benefit from the projects,” he reminded the people, and called on the Community Water and Sanitation Agency to assist the people to maintain them.
Mr Wilson called on media practitioners to hype more on rural dwellers and the development of communities, instead of paying attention to the developed areas.
Mr Ohene Tawia of Nhyira FM, who first brought the woes of the people to the fore, urged them to unite and be one another’s keeper.
He commended MoneyGram and its partner banks, Water Solutions, the Vector Control Unit and Zoomlion, which supplied chemicals to fight the black flies, for their prompt response to the distress call of the people of Asuboi.
Earlier in a welcoming address, Nana Frimpong Manso, the Asonahene of Asuboi, commended MoneyGram for the assistance to his people.
He used the opportunity to appeal to the telecommunication companies to build a mast in the area to enable the people to receive and send news outside.
“We have to climb trees to get telephone signals, which is not good enough, and we need the phone companies to construct masts here,” Nana Frimpong Manso said.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
OYOKO CITIZENS ABROAD PUT UP MATERNITY BLOCK (PAGE 22, JAN 11, 2011)
CITIZENS from Oyoko-Ashanti resident in the United States of America (USA) and Europe are constructing a maternity block for the community to enhance healthcare delivery.
The project, estimated at GH¢35,000, will facilitate reproductive and child healthcare (RHC) at the Oyoko Clinic.
Residents from the community told Daily Graphic that consulting and clinical duties at the RHC had come to a halt, compelling patients from the community to travel long distances to seek medical care elsewhere.
Briefing Daily Graphic at Oyoko on the construction of the maternity block, the spokespersons, Messrs Amoako Agyemang and Kofi Asamoah Omono, who are based in the US and Amsterdam respectively, said the project was being undertaken to facilitate quality healthcare delivery.
They expressed concern about the problems pregnant women and children in the community went through when they travelled to seek medical attention.
The two men gave the assurance that the project would be completed on schedule to ease such problems.
Mr Asamoah Omono, however, appealed to residents in the community to support the project with communal labour to ensure its early completion.
The Akwamuhene of Oyoko, Nana Amoako Amankwaa, who is also the project co-ordinator, emphasised the commitment of the people to complete the project on schedule.
He stated that the early completion of the project would not only enhance quality healthcare delivery, but would also make it possible for the residents to engage in productive ventures to open more avenues for the development of the community.
The Chief of the town, Nana Owusu Kwadwo II, commended the financiers of the project for their initiative and urged the residents to also support the development initiatives of the community in diverse ways.
The project, estimated at GH¢35,000, will facilitate reproductive and child healthcare (RHC) at the Oyoko Clinic.
Residents from the community told Daily Graphic that consulting and clinical duties at the RHC had come to a halt, compelling patients from the community to travel long distances to seek medical care elsewhere.
Briefing Daily Graphic at Oyoko on the construction of the maternity block, the spokespersons, Messrs Amoako Agyemang and Kofi Asamoah Omono, who are based in the US and Amsterdam respectively, said the project was being undertaken to facilitate quality healthcare delivery.
They expressed concern about the problems pregnant women and children in the community went through when they travelled to seek medical attention.
The two men gave the assurance that the project would be completed on schedule to ease such problems.
Mr Asamoah Omono, however, appealed to residents in the community to support the project with communal labour to ensure its early completion.
The Akwamuhene of Oyoko, Nana Amoako Amankwaa, who is also the project co-ordinator, emphasised the commitment of the people to complete the project on schedule.
He stated that the early completion of the project would not only enhance quality healthcare delivery, but would also make it possible for the residents to engage in productive ventures to open more avenues for the development of the community.
The Chief of the town, Nana Owusu Kwadwo II, commended the financiers of the project for their initiative and urged the residents to also support the development initiatives of the community in diverse ways.
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