By William Yaw Owusu
Monday May 17, 2010
A businessman who claims to work for National Security and drops the names of persons in high places is standing trial for allegedly threatening to kill an Economic Consultant.
In court last Friday, the accused Frank Lewi, displayed arrogance before an Accra Circuit Court presided over by D.E.K. Dzaketsey.
It all started after the judge had granted him a GH¢ 5,000 bail with one surety to appear again on June 10, 2010.
As the judge wrote the next adjourned date the accused tried to step out of the dock and a lady court clerk asked him to allow the judge to finish his writing but he appeared not to have been enthused about what the clerk had told him.
He looked at the lady menacingly and a police warrant officer intervened, asking him to behave himself but Lewi appeared to have said something for which the policeman replied “Can you cause the removal of my uniform?”
The court however did not initiate any action against Lewi who had on May 7, 2010, been remanded by the court until last Friday.
When the case was called, Chief Inspector Nana Anim, prosecuting told the court that the prosecution was ready to proceed with the case but counsel for the accused, Ofori Adusei pleaded with the court for an adjournment saying he was not prepared.
Counsel told the court that he was in court to apply for bail for his client and did not know the prosecution was ready to proceed, saying “we were not given any indication we are going to start today.”
The judge then reminded counsel that the Chief Justice did not want cases to be delayed and said the case would start on the next adjourned date.
Counsel then asked for bail for the accused saying his continuous detention was affecting the family of the accused but the prosecutor opposed the application saying the complainant is still living in fear.
The facts of the case are that Lewi and the complainant, Joyce Yawa Amoah are both claiming ownership of a property at Osu.
On April 28, 2010, the two were at the Osu Magistrate Court in a civil case over the property in dispute and when the court went on recess, Lewi without any provocation threatened the complainant to the hearing of the witnesses.
Lewi allegedly threatened “I know where you and your family stay, I and my boys would pursue and when we catch you we would finish you by splitting the stomachs of you and your family and waste you.”
The accused also said “I work at the National Security and nobody can arrest me.”
On May 3, 2010, at about 10 am the complainant said her vehicle was tailed by a group of unknown young men from Gold House to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra where she sought refuge and was later rescued to the Regional Police Headquarters where she lodged a complaint leading to the arrest of Lewi.
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