{"id":465763,"date":"2018-02-20T01:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T01:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/family-of-murdered-achimota-student-demands-an-appeal\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T01:11:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T01:11:06","slug":"family-of-murdered-achimota-student-demands-an-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/family-of-murdered-achimota-student-demands-an-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of murdered Achimota student demands an appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 19 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/19389542.295.jpg\" alt=\"Murdered Achimota School Student Lily Donkor1\" title=\"Murdered Achimota School Student Lily Donkor1\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The late Lily Donkor<\/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\/2018\/02\/1519089066_550_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The family of an Achimotan student who was shot dead by her colleague is urging the state to appeal a High Court decision which discharged the convict.<\/p>\n<p>Lily Donkor\u2019s family says the Accra High Court\u2019s ruling is a travesty of justice.<\/p>\n<p>An aunt of the deceased, Peggy Donkor told Joy News, the family of the juvenile, Mr and Mrs Anaman appear to have taken advantage of technicalities to set their son free.<\/p>\n<p>The discharge of the convict has left the family pretty much in shock now as they were when Lily Donkor was shot.<\/p>\n<p>The convict, Gerald Anaman was alleged to have accidentally shot the deceased person who had paid him a visit at his father&#8217;s residence. The incident happened in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Master Anaman was subsequently convicted on the charge of manslaughter by a juvenile court and handed a three-year jail term.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Monday, an Accra High Court set aside the judgment by the Juvenile court.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court said there was a miscarriage of justice because the juvenile court delivered a verdict without waiting for a social enquiry report.<\/p>\n<p>The jail term was imposed in September 2017 by a Juvenile court presided over by Bernardine S.A Senoo.<\/p>\n<p>He found the SHS student guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to three years imprisonment at a correctional Home.<\/p>\n<p>But the latest ruling has left the Donkor family unhappy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery soon, we will appeal since we still have our legal team from the Attorney General\u2019s office\u2026so we are looking up to the state to appeal for us,\u201d Madam Donkor said.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that since it is a criminal case, they cannot hire their own lawyer but will rely on the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the basis upon which the convict was freed was unacceptable. The Anaman family was reported to have pleaded with the court to give the suspect time to study for an examination. It went ahead to set him free on grounds of technicalities.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the development, private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu who has handled such cases in the past said the ruling was done to give the juvenile a second chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is free for now until the Donkor family decides to do otherwise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that in a criminal case against a juvenile, the trial should start and end within six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond that the laws say the juvenile should be discharged,\u201d Mr Kpebu added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Monday, 19 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-19 The late Lily Donkor The family of an Achimotan student who was shot dead by her colleague is urging the state to appeal a High Court decision which discharged the convict. Lily Donkor\u2019s family says the Accra High Court\u2019s ruling is a travesty of justice. 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