A Photographer at Ho-Bankoe, Dickson Deti, 67, who allegedly falsified the signatures of his two younger brothers to claim ownership of their land, is facing trial at the Ho District Court 2.
Prosecuting, Sergeant Michael Kadey told the court, presided over by Akosa Agyare-Amoanpong Yao, that the accused and his siblings inherited a plot of land from their late father, on which they had built houses and lived for several years.
The prosecution said that sometime in 2002, the accused prepared an indenture for the land, naming himself as the owner and appending the signatures of his brothers as witnesses without their knowledge or consent.
When his brothers found out much later and confronted the accused over the issue, he insisted they had appended their signatures to the indenture themselves, the court further held.
His brothers later reported the matter to the police, whereupon the indenture was sent to the forensic laboratory, where meticulous examinations revealed the signatures on the indenture were not his brothers’, said the prosecution.
Subsequently, the photographer was charged with the offence.
The court granted him bail in the sum of GH¢10,000 with two sureties.
This was after defence counsel, Jemima Addo, argued that the accused was a father of five, with a fixed place of abode.
Hearing continues on July 30.
