A six-year-old boy on Thursday met his untimely death at New Tafo in the Eastern region after a woman, believed to be mentally unstable attacked and butchered the young boy to death.
The woman was said to have chased the boy whose identity is not yet known with two other friends before catching up with him and slain him with a machete.
An eyewitness, Isaac Amoh Asare, who narrated the ordeal to Citi News said the police have since detained the suspect who nearly got lynched by an angry mob.
Amoh said the boy in his bid to get away from the mentally deranged woman fell into a gutter where the woman had the opportunity to slay him.
According to the eyewitness, the boy was rushed to the New Tafo Government Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Court of Appeal, Accra, yesterday upheld a preliminary objection brought at the instance of former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani in the case in which the Attorney General has appealed the ruling of the High Court, Accra that struck out the charges against Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby and former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani in the Ghana@50 trial.
The Court of Appeal in the process struck out additional grounds of appeal and the written submissions filed by the Attorney General and proceeded to adjourn the case sine die or indefinitely. A three member panel of the Court of Appeal chaired by Justice Henrietta Abban in its unanimous decision described the additional grounds of appeal and the written submissions filed by the Attorney General as irregular and offensive to the rules of the court (emphasis ours). The other members of the panel were Justice Kusi Appiah and Justice EK Ayebi.
It will be recalled that on August 10, 20 I 0, the High Court, Accra presided over by His Lordship Samuel Marful-Sau struck out the charges against Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby and’ Kwadwo Mpiani and proceeded to set aside the prosecution of the two. The Attorney General, aggrieved by the ruling filed an appeal on August 20, 20 10.
By the rules of the Court of Appeal, when all is ripe for an appeal to be heard, the Appellant (in this instance, the Attorney General) is required within 21 days to file written submissions based on the grounds of appeal was filed, which ought to be served on the Respondents (Dr. Wereko-Brobby and Kwadwo Mpiani). Upon receipt of the written submissions, the Respondents also have 21 days to file their respective written submission, following which the Court of Appeal will give dates for its judgment.
In this instance, the Attorney General, having filed its notice of appeal which set out the grounds for the appeal proceeded to file additional grounds of appeal after the time limited for filing the notice of appeal had lapsed. The Attorney General in filing the additional grounds of appeal did not seek prior leave or permission of the Court of Appeal to do so, considering that time limited for filing the notice of appeal had lapsed. The Attorney General then proceeded to file its written submissions which incorporated the additional grounds of appeal.
Lawyers for Kwadwo Mpiani, Messrs Kulendi@Law upon receipt of the Attorney General’s Statement of Case filed a notice in the Court of Appeal on ground that the additional grounds of appeal filed by the Attorney General on October 11, 2011 and upon which the written submission is argued is null and void.
The Court of Appeal, which started hearing the preliminary objection on Tuesday adjourned to Wednesday to enable the Attorney General respond. Moving the court, lead counsel for Mpiani, Yonny Kulendi urged the court to strike out the additional grounds of appeal as filed and the written submissions as well since the additional grounds of appeal were filed without the prior leave of the court and were prejudicial to the Respondents.
Replying, Ms. Maureen Donkor, a Senior State Attorney argued that the Court of Appeal rules do not provide that additional grounds of appeal ought to be filed with the prior leave of the court.
The three member panel in its ruling upheld Yonny Kulendi’s arguments and proceeded to strike out the additional grounds of appeal as filed by the Attorney General and the written submissions as well.
Mpiani was represented by Yonny Kulendi and Egbert Faibille Jnr whilst Dr. Wereko-Brobby was represented by Tony Akoto Ampaw and Thomas Stephens.
Aspiring presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom is disappointed with the 2012 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana.
According to Dr. Nduom, the 2012 budget does not contain any iota of hope for Ghanaians who are languishing in abject poverty since the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) assumed office.
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, on Wednesday presented the 2012-13 budget statement and economic policy to Parliament.
The budget statement dubbed, “Infrastructure Development for Accelerated Growth and Job Creation”, according to the minister, is aimed at strengthening the economy.
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Kim Kardashian has hired lawyer Marty Singer to silence a man identifying himself as her former publicist and asserting that her 72-day marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries was a sham.
According to TMZ, Kardashian is seeking $200,000 in legal damages from Jonathan Jaxson.
On Friday, Jaxson told "Good Day L.A." that he worked for the E! reality star from 2007 to 2009 and that the marriage was staged.
Kardashian claims that Jaxson worked for her on only one project -- a blog -- and that he is in violation of a signed confidentiality document.
According to TMZ, Singer has filed papers on the matter to a party specializing in private arbitration.
On his personal blog, Jaxson released the following statement over the weekend: "To the best of my knowledge, I have never signed an agreement dealing with confidentiality with Kim Kardashian. I have an agreement in my possession that does not have either (party's) signature on it."
John Terry will speak publicly today for the first time since the Anton Ferdinand race row kicked off - but has been ordered not to answer questions about his alleged racist comments to the QPR defender.
Cesc Fabregas last night warned Robin van Persie: If you don't quit Arsenal now you never will.
Carlos Tevez is not planning a Manchester City return this week.
Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has staged showdown talks with manager Arsene Wenger.
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce plans to ease his goalkeeping worries by raiding old club Birmingham for £1million-rated Jack Butland.
Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers hopes to add four new players to his squad in January.
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson will ask the FA to investigate Premier League teams and agents trying to poach the club's superkids.
Roberto Mancini reckons England's young squad can win Euro 2012.
John Terry is set to break his silence today - but is under strict orders not to discuss his police case.
Blackburn's Indian owners are split over selling the club - with wealthy Qataris interested in buying.
Paul Scholes is set to move up the Manchester United managerial pecking order - as his 'boss' Warren Joyce heads back to Hull City.
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is in the race to sign Swiss striker Ahmed Mehmedi.
Crystal Palace boss Dougie Freedman is ready to snap up Norwich striker Chris Martin in a loan deal.
Brighton and Ipswich are monitoring Cardiff's former England Under-21 goalkeeper Tom Heaton.
Last week the former Argentina boss slammed the referees after Al Wasl's 1-0 loss to Al Jazira and he's been at it again, despite his side winning on this occasion.
The Germany international believes the Bundesliga side are like the Champions League holders in the way their forwards press the ball in order to instantly regain possession
Luis Alvaro Ribeiro has voiced his dismay with the Santiago Bernabeu side's attitude while attempting to sign the promising attacker and claims barcelona president Sandro Rosell has asked him to look after the young striker for him till the summer.
Ex-Liverpool boss has indicated that he would be interested in taking charge of the Three Lions, but has also admitted that he might be keen on taking over the reins for Spain
From nearly quitting soccer to starting a Champions League final in a handful of months, Hernandez's most impressive attribute is his humility.
In the fledgling minutes of a friendly against Serbia, Hernandez darted toward the near side to meet a Carlos Salcido cross with defender Slobodan Rajkovic close behind. Neither made contact with the ball though they were a mere pea's width away. That so surprised goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic, who had moved to his right to cover the near post, he allowed the ball to trickle in on his left.
Both players have been photographed wearing the Olympic team shirt, but the FAW is opposed to a British team, fearing it could undermine the nation's independent football status
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"OUR BOYS WERE CONCENTRATED ON THE KOTOKO MATCH"
Mr. Albert Commey Aryeetey
the PRO of centurion club Accra Hearts Of Oak Mr. Albert Commey said on sunday after their 2-1 defeat to Nigeria's Enugu Rangers that most of their players did not put in their maximum effort because they wanted to rest their limbs for the upcoming clash agains arch rivals Asante Kotoko which is scheduled for this sunday in Accra.Mr. commey hinted "our players are fully ready for the clash despite our loss.They are mentally good"
Hearts of Oak currently trials by just a point behind league leaders Kotoko by just a point on second position.the first time in four years before both club meet with Kotoko first and Hearts second on the league table.
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