J.B Danquah's murderer is mentally
Unstable - Lawyer
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murderer is mentally Unstable - Lawyer
J.B Danquah's murderer is mentally Unstable - Lawyer by
gina(): 15:21 On Mar 1, 2016
Counsel for Daniel Asiedu, the man accused of
murdering the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North,
Mr J. B Danquah Adu, has asked for psychiatric
examination for his client.
At Tuesday’s sitting, the defense counsel, Mr Augustine
Obour, told the court that based on a conversation he
had with the accused a few minutes before proceedings
started, he realised that the accused was not mentally
stable.
According to Augustine Obour, who appeared for the first
time for the suspect after a short conference with Daniel
Asiedu in court, said his client needed to be referred to
the psychiatric hospital for examination.
The lawyer did not give reasons for the request but said
a report on the suspect’s mental health would help in the
trial.
He also said the accused was being kept in solitary
confinement at the Bureau of National Investigations
(BNI) and only allowed to visit the washroom and not
exercise or walk for a while as some other inmates do.
This, he said, had affected the accused’s well-being and
therefore prayed the court to order the investigators to
respect his rights and accord him the same treatment as
other inmates because his plea had not even been taken
yet.
Graphic Online’s reporter, Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson who
was in court, said the court ordered the prosecution to
investigate the matter and if it turned out to be true, it
should accord the accused all the necessary treatment
as stipulated by law.
With regards to the application for psychiatric
examination, the court dismissed it and said more
investigations needed to be conducted before such an
application could be granted.
Asiedu has been charged with murder.
The Accra Magistrate Court remanded him for the second
time into police custody. This is to enable the
investigators conduct further investigations into the
matter.
He is to re-appear before the court presided over by Mr
Stephen Owusu on March 14, 2016,
Facts
The particulars of the case are that on February 9, 2016
at about 1 a.m. at Shiashie, East Legon in Accra, Asiedu
did intentionally and unlawfully cause the death of Mr
Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu MP for Abuakwa North in
the Eastern Region.
The police presented brief facts of the case in court in
which the accused was said to have entered the MP's
house to steal and not to kill.
Upon committal by the Magistrate Court on the murder
charge, he would face trial at the High Court.
Who is Daniel Asiedu?
The accused has been described by the police as a 19-year-old student who dropped out of school.
He was living with his girlfriend at Agbogloshie also
known as Old Fadama in Accra at the time of his arrest
on Thursday February 11, 2016.
Source :peacefmonline.com
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