By William Yaw Owusu
Wednesday July 25. 2007
The prosecution in the case in which Haleem Banda, son of Alhaji the business magnate, Asuma Banda, charged with threat of death and possessing of fire arms and ammunitions without lawful authority yesterday closed its case.
Haleem Banda is standing trial at the Fast Track High Court in Accra and is in police custody.
The court, presided by Justice B.T. Aryeety of the Court of Appeal, adjourned proceedings until July 27, for Haleem to open his defence.
Haleem allegedly threatened to kill Kofi Otchere-Darko, also known as K.O.D, a radio presenter and his friend, Emmanuel Kiki Banson on June 10, at an Accra night club.
In the witness’ box to conclude his evidence was a police forensic expert, Deputy Superintendent Raymond Simpi, who told the court under cross examination by Mr. Addo Attuah, counsel for Haleem, that he could not tell which pistol fired the shell which was picked at the crime scene.
He explained that it was because of his inability to tell the right pistol that he wrote in his report the numerous pistols that were capable of firing that shell.
He said the police also had some of the cartridges fund in Haleem’s room and added that “convention ally, the holster found in Haleem’s room belongs to a pistol.”
He also told the court that he had not been given the pistol allegedly used by Haleem for examination.
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