Accra (Greater Accra) 9 March 2000
An Accra Circuit Tribunal on Wednesday remanded a couple, Anthony Kofi Mensah Djentun, a public officer and Maria O'Sullevan Djentun, an estate developer, in prison custody for allegedly assaulting a Police officer at post.
Mensah, 58, and O'Sullevan, 49, pleaded not guilty to offensive conduct, assault on public officer and deceit of public officer. They will appear again on 15 March.
The tribunal chaired by Mrs Elizabeth Anderson Yebuah heard that on 15 January, Mensah and his wife went to the Castle in search of their son and some workers, who were then being held for questioning in a case under investigation.
The accused persons were said to be shouting at the top of their voices when the complainant, Lance-Corporal Stephen Tamakloe, who was on duty, approached them and asked them to calm down.
The prosecution said the accused persons then started to rain insult on the Police officer and then attacked the complainant, with Mensah holding and twisting his neck. This brought some people to his rescue.
Accused persons then left the Castle and went to lodge a report at the Airport Police Station that their son was abducted and subsequently went to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation with an extract from the Police station to cause an announcement to be made, the prosecution told the court.
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