{"id":274392,"date":"2011-01-18T19:07:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T19:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=48332"},"modified":"2011-01-18T19:07:18","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T19:07:18","slug":"maame-dokono-freed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/18\/maame-dokono-freed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maame Dokono Freed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_48333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48333\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-48333\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/18\/maame-dokono-freed-2\/juliejuu_maame_dokono\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48333\" title=\"JulieJuu_maame_dokono\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/JulieJuu_maame_dokono.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abena Achia aka Julie Juu (left) &amp; Grace Omaboe aka Maame Dokono<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nActress and talk show hostess, Grace  Omaboe alias Maame Dokono, successfully extricated herself from the  grips of the law for the second time when an Accra High Court yesterday  dismissed an application for contempt against her.<br \/>\nThe suit was  filed by Abena Achia alias Julie Juu of Cantata fame against Ms. Omaboe  and three others over the deceased actor and producer of Cantata fame,  Nana Bosomprah.<br \/>\nJulie Juu, who says she was the legitimate wife  of the late producer, wanted Maame Dokono, Amankwa Ampofo, David Dontoh,  the Abusuapanin of the deceased and the chief mortician of the Korle-Bu  Teaching Hospital convicted for allegedly burying the late producer,  despite being served a court order restraining them from going ahead  with the burial.<br \/>\nJustice M. Iddrisu, the trial judge, ruled that  although there was proof that the respondents were served with service,  Maame Dokono, Ampofo and Dontoh could not be said to have acted  willfully because they did not take the deceased from the mortuary,  neither did they bury him.<br \/>\nHe said for a contempt application to  stand, there must be evidence that the respondents knew about the  pendency of the injunction order and their action was willful. He said  the fact that the respondents attended the funeral of Bosomprah could  not be described as active because both the funeral and the burial of  the deceased were organised by the family of the late producer.<br \/>\nAccording  to the judge, the chief mortuary man could not be held responsible for  releasing the body as he was acting on the instruction of his  superiors.The judge consequently awarded GH\u00a26000 in favour of Korle-Bu  and the mortician.<br \/>\nOn  the Abusuapanin, the judge noted that he  was also served but disregarded the court order and went to Korle-Bu,  took the body and went ahead to bury the deceased. He was therefore  found guilty and convicted to a fine of GH\u00a21,000.<br \/>\nMaame Dokono  was a few months ago acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit Court  in a case in which she was accused of neglecting her orphanage called  Peace and Love after the trial judge, Mrs. Georgina Mensah-Datsa, said  she found no direct evidence linking her to the offence.<br \/>\nNkrabeahEffah-Darteh,  counsel for Julie Juu, in the course of the contempt hearing, pleaded  with the court to jail Ms. Grace Omaboe, David Dontoh, Amankwa Ampofo,  the family head to deter those who might flout court orders.<br \/>\nCounsel  for Julie Juu, who only said he was sure that the respondents heard  about the injunction due to its wide media publicity, also stated that  though he admired the three Akan drama personalities, he wanted them to  be jailed for the said offence. The contempt application included the  mortuary man of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital who was said to have released  the body to the respondents for burial.<br \/>\nMr. Effah-Darteh also  alleged that Mr. Ampofo, according to the P&amp;P newspaper, granted an  interview which seemed to suggest that he was aware of the injunction so  he had no excuse for his action.<br \/>\nMaame Dokono, David Dontoh and  Amankwa Ampofo, who are part of a 20-member funeral planning committee,  denied having buried the man as they were not family members. They  wondered why only the three of them should be singled out for court  action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress and talk show hostess, Grace Omaboe alias Maame Dokono, successfully extricated herself from the grips of the law for the second time when an Accra High Court yesterday dismissed an application for contempt against her. 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