Prosecutors in the case of Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangde, who are accused of murder, have finished their case after questioning 16 witnesses.
Afoko and Alangde are accused of the acid attack that killed Adams Mahama, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The two have pled not guilty to conspiracy and murder, and are being detained in legal custody pending the outcome of the trial.
The prosecution, led by Mrs Marina Appiah-Opare, a Chief State Attorney, said in court on Tuesday, June 14, that the state's case had been closed when Chief Inspector Augustus Nkrumah, the 16th Prosecution Witness, was dismissed.
Before the court released the investigator, Asabke Alangde (2nd Accusedlawyer )'s Andrew Kudzo Vortia interrogated him.
Mrs Opare, the Chief State Attorney, informed the court presided over by Justice Efua Merley Wood, a Justice of the Court of Appeal with additional responsibilities as a High Court judge, "My Lord, we will not call any further witness."
"My Lord, before we complete our case, I'd like to draw the court's attention to the fact that PW7 – Chief Inspector Blay presented in evidence photocopies of the 1st Accused Person's investigation caution statement during his testimony."
She said that the prosecution had previously told the court that "he would deliver the original statement to replace the photocopies in due course," and that "this is the statement dated May 22, 2016 acquired from A1."
She hinted, "We brought the original documents and we want to replace them with photocopies."
After the defense counsel said that they had no problems, the original document was allowed to replace the duplicates.
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The Chief State Attorney also spoke to the court and jury about the 'Statutory Document,' which detailed the 2019 Kaneshie District Court committal procedures.
"My Lord, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, before the accused people were arraigned before the District Court for what we called committal processes, they were arraigned before the District Court for what we called committal proceedings."
"This was done... and preserved in a document we termed Statutory Document, and the prosecution is expected to offer in evidence the statutory statement before closing its case," Mrs Appiah-Opare explained.
She stated that both accused people confirmed that they were served with a charge statement while giving specifics of what was documented in the Statutory Document.
They also asserted an alibi defense, claiming that they were not present at the crime site at the time the incident happened.
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