{"id":653093,"date":"2019-07-09T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p> <br\/><strong>Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo <\/strong><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The embattled National Chairman of the\nopposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has taken\nanother step to stop the state in its efforts to prosecute him "},"modified":"2019-07-09T15:39:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:39:45","slug":"stop-my-trial-ofosu-ampofo-tells-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/09\/stop-my-trial-ofosu-ampofo-tells-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop My Trial &#8211; Ofosu-Ampofo Tells Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The embattled National Chairman of the<br \/>\nopposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has taken<br \/>\nanother step to stop the state in its efforts to prosecute him over the leaked<br \/>\ntape for which he has been dragged before an Accra High Court.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC Chairman has filed an application to<br \/>\nstay proceedings before the court, presided over by Justice Samuel A. Asiedu.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo\u2019s latest action comes at the<br \/>\nback of an earlier dismissal of an application to have two out of the three<br \/>\ncharges against him struck out due to what his lawyers describe as lack of<br \/>\nparticulars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NDC Chairman and the party\u2019s Deputy<br \/>\nCommunications Officer, Anthony Kwaku Boahen, are facing three charges before the<br \/>\ncourt regarding the leaked audio recordings detailing strategies the NDC<br \/>\nallegedly intends to use for 2020 elections, one being the kidnappings of<br \/>\nfamily members of political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo was captured on the tape allegedly<br \/>\nplanning to commit crimes in the country and turn round to blame the ruling New<br \/>\nPatriotic Party (NPP) for the crimes.<\/p>\n<p>He has been charged with one count of<br \/>\nconspiracy to cause harm and two counts of assault against a public officer.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Boahen, on the other hand, is facing one<br \/>\ncount of conspiracy to cause harm.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo had earlier filed an<br \/>\napplication challenging the charges of assault against a public officer but the<br \/>\ncourt dismissed it.<\/p>\n<p>When the case was called for hearing yesterday,<br \/>\nhis lawyer, Tony Lithur, indicated to the court that they filed a fresh motion<br \/>\non notice to stay proceedings which is scheduled for July 23. He, however, did<br \/>\nnot mention why they want the proceedings stayed.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer\u2019s intervention came after the trial<br \/>\njudge had ordered the state prosecutors to call their first witness to testify.<\/p>\n<p>The state, however, indicated that their first<br \/>\nwitness was indisposed hence could not make it to court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another<br \/>\nApplication<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, the court dismissed another application<br \/>\nby Dr. Aziz Bassit Bamba, lawyer for Kwaku Boahen, to strike out the charge of<br \/>\nconspiracy to cause harm.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawyer, the documents filed by<br \/>\nthe state including the fact sheet did not contain the essential ingredient to<br \/>\nprove the charge of conspiracy preferred against Kwaku Boahen. <\/p>\n<p>The application was vehemently opposed by the<br \/>\nprosecution led by Chief State Attorney, Asiama Sampong, who described it as<br \/>\n\u201cfrivolous, unmeritorious and an abuse of the court process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the documents the defence<br \/>\nlawyer was relying on for the application are supposed to be part of the items<br \/>\nthe prosecution intends to tender hence cannot be taken as evidence from the<br \/>\nprosecution when the case has not even begun.<\/p>\n<p>After listening to both sides, Justice Asiedu<br \/>\ndismissed the application saying he found no merit in it.<\/p>\n<p>The court had held that the legal submissions<br \/>\nfiled by the defence lawyer is an invitation to assess<br \/>\nthe case of the prosecution even before evidence is given, adding that until<br \/>\nevidence is given \u201cthe facts are nothing but mere allegations which ought to be<br \/>\nproved\u201d. Therefore, the court cannot at this stage rely on the fact sheet and<br \/>\ndocuments filed by the Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>The court then adjourned the matter to July 23 to hear the application for stay of proceedings filed by Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo The embattled National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has taken another step to stop the state in its efforts to prosecute him over the leaked tape for which he has been dragged before an Accra High Court. 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