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Kuntunse: Off-duty policeman who shot man at Koans Estate charged with murder

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The 25-year-old policeman who allegedly shot a man at Koans Estate at Kuntunse Satellite in Greater Accra over a ride-hailing fare disagreement has been slapped with a provisional charge of murder.

Constable Smith Gyekyi has been remanded in police custody after he was arraigned at the Adabraka District Court,

The victim, a 25-year-old Stanley Ahadzi died on the spot.

The police found him lying in pool of blood at the scene of the incident.

The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Achana Apewah, prayed the court presided over by Ama Adomako Kwakye, to remand the accused into police custody to enable the police to conduct further investigations into the matter.

Constable Gyekyi was subsequently remanded into police custody.

He is to re-appear on September 9, 2024.

Prosecution’s facts

The facts before the court are that Constable Gyeki, was off-duty and was engaged in a ride-hailing operation.

On August 18, 2024, at about 4:00 a.m, the prosecutor said the police control room received information that a male adult had been shot dead at the frontage of Koans Estate at Satellite.

Chief Inspector Apewah told the court that DSP Adamu Muniru, Adjen Kotoku crime officer, and ASP Agnes Aboagye, the night monitoring officer, upon receiving the information, visited the scene with investigator Inspector Leticia Asiedu.

He added that the team found a male adult, age 25, named Stanley Ahadzi, lying down dead in a supine position with blood all over his body.

The prosecutor disclosed that spot investigations revealed that Constable Gyekyi was driving a Toyota Matiz private car with registration number GW 6459-21, and was operating as a commercial vehicle.

He further told the court that at about 3:00 a.m on that day, the accused picked up one Esther Owusua, a witness in the case, from Ablekuma Joma to Koans Estate area at Kuntunse Satellite.

Owusua, according to the prosecution, lost direction to her destination and called Stanley Ahadzi (now deceased) on the phone to meet them at Koans Estate gate.

“Deceased arrived but there was disagreement with the fare charged. In the course of the argument, accused got annoyed and pulled his sidearm, gave a warning shot and later shot the deceased to death,” the prosecutor said.

He added that the accused person reported himself at the Amasaman Divisional Police Station where he was arrested and detained.

During investigation, he said the accused admitted the offence and was charged with the offence and put before the honorable court.

 

Source: Graphic

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Kikibee’s murder case: Girlfriend granted GH₵200,000 bail

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An Accra High Court has granted GH₵200,000 bail with one surety to the alleged girlfriend of Benett Agyekum Adomah alias Kikibee.

Mam Yandey Joof, a hotelier, filed for bail pending trial at the High Court (Criminal Court 5).  Joof is facing a charge of murder following the death of her boyfriend, Kikibee, the owner of Kikibee restaurant.

Kikibee is said to have behaved strangely in Joof’s apartment.  She and a friend rushed him to the hospital, but he (Kikibee) allegedly died shortly.
Joof, who has been appearing before a Madina District Court, has had her plea reserved.

Mr Muniru Kassim, in a plea for bail pending trial, told the court that after receiving the autopsy report, the charges against his client had no bearing on the facts presented.

Mr. Kassim said the deceased, according to the postmortem report, died of “severe fall due to alcohol ingestion.”  According to him, Joof had a fixed address, worked at a hotel, and had people of sufficient means to stand surety when bail was granted.

Mr Kassim admitted that Joof was in an amorous relationship with the deceased before his sudden death.

According to the defense counsel, three months before the incident that resulted in Kikibee’s death, he (Kikibee) left the country and returned on October 7, 2023.  He said around midnight, the same day, the deceased visited Joof’s apartment at East Legon.

The defence counsel said about 0130 hours, Kikibee began hallucinating and said that “some people were after him.”

He said that Kikibee broke some items in the apartment and made so much commotion that the occupants were awoken.

Joof then went downstairs and asked a friend of the deceased to assist her with the matter.

“It was at this point that when the applicant (Joof) was downstairs waiting for the arrival of the deceased friend that the deceased fell heavily creating a budding noise.

“When the friend arrived, they went upstairs, and they found the deceased lying unconscious. He (the deceased) was rushed to the hospital where he eventually died,” the defence counsel told the court.

According to counsel, “the facts do not support the charges and charge does not contain any ingredients of murder.”

Miriam Boakye Yiadom, a State Attorney, objected to the bail application, claiming that it was not the first time that Joof had applied for bail before the court.

She said Joof filed for bail on October 18,2023.

According to the state attorney, the bail application had been turned down by another High Court  She said investigations were underway and prayed for the court to decline the bail application.

 

Source: Graphic.com