PRISON OFFICER ACCIDENTALLY FIRES GUN IN COURT HURTING HIMSELF IN THE PROCESS

February 23, 2022
3 years ago

There was disorder at the Law Court Complex in Accra when a jail officer accidentally terminated his weapon in a courtroom.



Sources tell Joy News, the coincidental discharge has cleared out the officer injured within the leg.


The managing judge at Criminal Court 5, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo instantly suspended procedures.


The shooting occurrence sent those within the courtroom running helter-skelter.



An onlooker said the officer has been surged to the Legal Benefit Clinic for treatment.


The shooting occurrence briefly brought the trial of the Canadian young ladies’ kidnappers to a halt.


The harmed officer [title withheld] is one of the officers going with the four suspects standing trial for illegal capturing of the nonnatives.



Concurring to the court director, the Service Police Station have been contacted over the occurrence.