JB Alleged Killer's Mini Trial Over, Court Deliversq Ruling April 18

The High Court in Accra will on April 18, 2023, determine the admissibility or otherwise of the charged and cautioned statements obtained from Daniel Asiedu, the man who has been accused of killing late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu.

Asiedu alias Sexy Don Don through his lawyers led by lawyer Yaw Danquah has alleged he did not give the charged and cautioned statements which the prosecution sought to rely on in the trial voluntarily.

He also accused the investigators of forcefully holding his hands to sign those statements and also pushing him into thumb-printing them.

He, therefore, urged the court not to admit those statements which were going to be tendered into evidence by Chief Inspect Augustine Nkrumah.

Sefakor Batse, a Principal State Attorney who called the investigators and independent witnesses who were present when those statements were taken to court to testify.

It was the case of the prosecution during the mini-trial that the accused person voluntarily gave his statements to the police in the presence of an independent witness who in turned explained to him in the language he understood.

Vincent Bossu, the second accused, who has been charged together with Asiedu for abetment also gave a similar account and was subjected to cross-examination.