Adu-Boahen Litigation: Court apply for police to give vivid details to defense counsel
An Accra High Court has authorized the Ghana Police Service to come-out to the defence in the Kwabena Adu-Boahen litigation directly all details in their possession in respect of the vehicle BMW 740D with chassis number J020CM11428.
“This would aid the defence in the preparation of a defence in a fair trial” Said by the court
The Court partially closes an application for a greater extent decelerations filed by Samuel Atta Akyea, Counsel of Adu-Boahen, his wife, and the fourth accused person, citing impertinence and non-possession of requested documents by the prosecution.
The Counsel filed a motion seeking disclosure of several documents, including the bill of lading for a BMW vehicle, documents evidencing the port of entry, and the police docket related to the vehicle.
He asserted that the bill of lading and related documents were critical to show beyond doubt whether Adu-Boahen had imported a stolen vehicle, a claim central to the prosecution’s case.
The Judge said regarding the permit for the police docket, whiles the Attorney General’s office averred it did not possess such a docket, the Police CID had shared narrow extracts from their database.
He said the request for the bill of lading would turn on the light as to the real importer of the so-called stolen vehicle.
“The documents showed that the said vehicle would not only allow the court to come to terms with how the so-called stolen vehicle was brought into the realm, and how it was cleared from the port of entry.” Said by the counsel
He stated clearly that, they wished to show a prove that Adu-Boahen had failed to declare his assets as required by law and to prove that he had engaged in the purchase and importation of stolen vehicles.
He keeps saying that the bill of lading was not in the prosecution’s possession but likely held by the accused himself, given that Adu-Boahen’s name appeared as both importer and exporter in the customs declaration form.
