Court orders Wontumi’s lawyers to file motion to recall former GM of Akonta Mining by Oct 30

The High Court in Accra has adjourned a motion filed by Kwabena Adu-Boahene, Angela Adjei Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited to Thursday, October 29. The application, filed by lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea on October 19, alleges that the prosecution misrepresented witness testimony and documentary evidence in its written submissions.

The motion asks the court to strike out specific passages from the prosecution's response to the accused persons' submission of no case to answer, contending those passages are unsupported by the trial record.

During the hearing on Monday, October 26, the judge noted that the case docket was at his home and that he had only been made aware of the motion that morning. While the Attorney-General’s Office was reportedly served with the application on October 19, it had not filed a formal response by the time of Monday's hearing. The accused have also filed a separate reply challenging the prosecution's legal arguments regarding the requirement for them to open their defence.

According to Starr FM, the defence has until October 30 to file its application for further cross-examination, with the court scheduled to hear the motion on November 4. The proceedings on Thursday will take place ahead of a scheduled November 5 ruling on the substantive submission of no case to answer.

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