{"id":448330,"date":"2017-12-19T17:21:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/freed-major-mahama-suspects-demand-compensation\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T17:21:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:21:32","slug":"freed-major-mahama-suspects-demand-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/freed-major-mahama-suspects-demand-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed Major Mahama suspects demand compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/91925172.295.jpg\" alt=\"Freed Major Mahama Suspects\" title=\"Freed Major Mahama Suspects\" width=\"295\" height=\"155\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The eight persons were among fourteen persons facing trial on charges of murder<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513704092_998_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The eight suspects discharged by a district court in the Major Maxwell Mahama case, have asked for compensation from the state over wrongful accusations leveled against them.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawyer for the eight who were discharged by the court today [Tuesday], due to lack evidence to prosecute them, his clients have gone through intolerable trauma and anguish since their arrest in May 2017, hence their demand.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer, Benard Shaw, also accused the prosecution of doing a shoddy job by responding to public sentiments after reports of the lynching of the late military officer.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe eight persons who were among fourteen persons facing trial on charges of murder, were released upon the request of the Attorney General due to lack evidence against them.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased, Major Mahama, an officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion, is said to have been on his daily jogging routine on Monday [May 29, 2017], when some angry youth of the town attacked him, allegedly on suspicion of being an armed robber.<\/p>\n<p>The Police subsequently arrested over fifty suspects who had fled the town to other regions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-six of the suspects have been discharged since the trial commenced at the district court.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lVtb2rk5y8c\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ohQwD_ETZE\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-19 The eight persons were among fourteen persons facing trial on charges of murder The eight suspects discharged by a district court in the Major Maxwell Mahama case, have asked for compensation from the state over wrongful accusations leveled against them. 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