Aburukuma West Member of Parliament (MP) Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was on Monday the subject of cross-examination by her defense against investigators in the ongoing murder trial of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Addo.
Yaw Dankwa, the lawyer for Sexy Don Don Daniel Asiedu, who is on trial for the murder of the late Abuakwa North MP, questions why police investigators “did not reveal” Mrs Owusu-Ekuful’s involvement. I thought.
Prosecution witnesses revealed that the Minister of Communications and Digitalization allegedly drove two prosecution witnesses (PW3 and PW4) to Kanda and handed them over to the police.
The witnesses in question are both Dansoman mobile phone repair companies who appeared in court as the third and fourth prosecution witnesses.
Sexy Don Don has pleaded not guilty to murder and robbery charges.
He, along with Vincent Bossu (aka Junior Agugo), have pleaded not guilty to robbery conspiracy charges and are being tried while in lawful custody.
During further cross-examination on Monday, March 11, Mr Yaw Dankwah questioned why the minister had not given a statement to the police.
Dankwa asked Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Augustus Nkrumah if he had “come across the name Ursula Owusu” as a result of his investigations.
However, ASP Nkrumah, the No. 8 prosecution witness, answered in the negative, “No” in his reply.
“According to your investigation, it was Ursula Owusu who rammed PW3 (Kenneth Coranchy) and PW4 (a mobile phone repairman) into the car, and that she drove all the way from Dansoman to Kanda Road and handed her over to the police. It became very clear. Attorney Dankwa asked.
He immediately asked the investigator if this investigation had revealed that.
But the witness said in his response: “That’s the explanation we got from the local CID.”
Dankwa went on again to tell investigators that it is true that “when you took over the investigation with your team, you never invited Ursula Owusu to make a statement.” .
“As I have told the court, this is an investigative team and I do not make decisions on my own,” the investigator said in his response.
“You and your team and your superiors to whom you were directed never disclosed the involvement of Ursula Owusu, who took your witnesses (PW3 and PW4) to hand over the police to the police on Kansa Highway. “That’s true,” the lawyer says. Yaw Dankwa was handed over to investigators.
The investigator added: “In this court, it was revealed that she was the one who took them to the (Kanda) police station in a press conference, and I spoke in this court.”
The case was adjourned until March 12, 2024 for continuation.
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