[ 2017-04-04 ]

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Two lawyers clash over identity of witness in Marwako case
Two lawyers on Monday clashed over the identity of
a security man testifying in the Marwako
Restaurant assault case at the Abeka District
Court.

The security man, a third prosecution witness who
gave his full name to the court as Yaw Asiedu
informed the court in his evidence in chief that
he was the one who assisted the victim Evelyn
Boakye in washing the pepper off her face.

However, when defence counsel, Augustine Asarfo
Adjei, challenged him under cross-examination that
it was one Daniel a security man at the Restaurant
who assisted the victim and not him (Asiedu).
Asiedu retorted that he was also known as Daniel.

When Mr Adjei challenged him to produce documents
to show that he was also known as Daniel, the
witness said he had no Identity card.

Francis Xavier Sosu, the lawyer for the alleged
abused lady was insistent that the defence counsel
to furnish the court with documents indicating the
witness was not called Daniel.

According to Mr Sosu, the defence ought to prove
to the court that witness was not known as Daniel
adding “we cannot do their case for them”.

When the court asked Asiedu if he could get
documents over his identity he said his parents
could attest to his name adding; “if you go to
the school I attended you will know that I was
called Daniel Yaw Asiedu”.

When asked by the court over how he was employed,
the witness told the court that Marwako Restaurant
employed him.

The court, however, discharged Asiedu after
Defence Counsel had subjected him to
cross-examination.

Answering questions administered by defence,
Asiedu maintained that he was the one who assisted
the victim to wash off the blended pepper on
victim’s face. He disagreed with defence counsel
that what was on the victim’s face was blended
onion.

“I saw pepper on her face and not onions. Whilst
I assisted her, the victim cried out louder,”
Asiedu told the court.

Asiedu admitted that he was not present when the
Jihad Chaaban, the accused person dipped the
victim face into the blended pepper.


According to him, he was not present when the
incident happened and he only came into contact
with the victim after the incident.

He further maintained that he was on duty at the
Abelemkpe branch of Marwako Restaurant on February
26, this year, when the incident occurred.

Earlier, Yaw Asiedu who was led in evidence by
Chief Inspector H. A. Hanson on the day of the
incident, he assisted the victim, Ms Boakye to
wash the blended pepper off her face.


According to him whilst on duty, at about 16:00
hours seated at the entrance of the gents dressing
room he saw the victim heading towards the females
dressing room.

“I approached the victim and she narrated her
ordeal to me. I did not see the accused person
splashing the blended pepper into the face of the
victim,” he said.

Chaaban aged 26, is before the Court for allegedly
dipping the face of Ms Boakye into a blender of
blended pepper at the Abelemkpe branch of Marwako
Restaurant.

Chaaban was charged with offensive conduct by
calling the victim a prostitute, intentionally and
unlawfully causing harm and assault.

Chaaban has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

He was on February 28, this year, alleged to have
assaulted the victim Evelyn Boakye for fidgeting
with a blender and working slowly.

Chaaban, a brother –in-law of the owner of
Marwako Restaurant at the Abelemkpe branch
allegedly grabbed the neck of the victim angrily
and dipped her face into a blender of blended
pepper.

Hearing continues on April 6 before the court
presided over by Victoria Ghansah

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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