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By Joyce Danso\u00a0<\/p>\n
Accra, Dec. 19, GNA- An Accra High Court has fixed March 7, 2023, to start the trial of the two Kasoa teenagers being held for the murder of 11-year Ishmael Mensah Abdallah at Kasoa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was after the court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo concluded a pre-trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The State says it will call seven prosecution witnesses to make their case before a seven-member jury.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The trial judge indicated that the trial would commence on March 7, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It, however, indicated that because the accused persons were in custody, the matter was being adjourned to January 25, 2023, for mention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The trial judge is to start her annual leave, hence the long adjournment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two teenagers are being held over the gruesome murder of Ishmael Mensah Abdallah who they allegedly lured into an uncompleted building and killed in April 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The accused, including a minor, allegedly hit the victim\u2019s head with a club and a cement block several times and dropped his body in a shallow hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They have been charged with conspiracy and murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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