Court adjourns case of JB’s killers
The Accra Central District Court Thursday adjourned the case of the two persons allegedly accused of murdering the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Mr J.B. Danquah-Adu to July 13, 2017.
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The adjournment came after the prosecution had told the court that the police investigators handling the case had had some new leads into their investigations.
“We are preparing a document that will be forwarded to the Attorney-General’s (A-G’s) Department for advice,” Detective Inspector Simon Apiasornu, who held brief for the substantive prosecutor, Deputy Superintendent of Police Mr George Amegah, told the court.
The two accused persons, Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bosso who have been charged with murder and abetment of crime, respectively, are currently at the Accra District Court for committal.
That was after they were discharged by the Accra High Court on May 30, 2017 following the A-G’s decision to discontinue with the case.
Facts
The facts of the case, as presented by prosecution were that the deceased MP lived with his family in a one-storey house at Shiashie, near East Legon, a suburb of Accra, while Asiedu and Bosso lived at Agbogbloshie, also in Accra.
About 11:40 p.m. on February 8, 2016, the MP arrived home in his private car driven by his driver. The driver handed over the ignition keys of the car to Mr Danquah-Adu and left for home, after which the MP retired to bed in a room located on the first floor of his house.
About 1 a.m. that same night, Asiedu and Bosso, armed with a catapult, a cutter and a sharp knife, went to the legislator’s house.
Bosso is said to have assisted Asiedu to enter the house by scaling the wall on the blind side of a security man who was fast asleep. On entering the house, Asiedu picked a ladder and climbed onto a porch on the top floor and entered the MP’s bedroom through a window while Mr Danquah-Adu was sleeping.
While Asiedu was searching the room, the MP woke up and held him. There ensued a struggle, during which Asiedu stabbed the MP in the right chest above the breast. The MP consequently held the knife and Asiedu pulled it through the latter’s hand, leaving a deep cut in his palm.
The legislator bled profusely and fell by his bed, after which Asiedu stabbed him several times on his right chest and neck.
On realising that the MP was dying, Asiedu left the room and took with him three iPhone smartphones.
Meanwhile, the struggle between the MP and Asiedu had drawn the attention of the security man in the house, who alerted other security men in the neighbourhood.
Having been alerted to the impending danger, Bosso took to his heels, leaving Asiedu behind. However, Asiedu managed to descend from the top of the house and jumped over the electric fencing on the walls of the house into an adjoining house and escaped.