{
  "id": 4867641,
  "title": "Adu-Boahen trial: Court gives Atta Akyea final chance to conclude cross-examination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/adu-boahen-trial-court-gives-atta-akyea-final-chance-to-conclude",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T13:28:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/adu-boahen-trial-court-gives-atta-akyea-final-chance-to-conclude-cross-examination/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, the Accra High Court granted counsel Samuel Atta Akyea a final day to complete the cross-examination against former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen. The court adjourned the case to September 2, 2026, to allow for the completion of the cross-examination and the prosecution's closing arguments. This decision came after Akyea repeatedly requested additional time to question the fourth prosecution witness, EOCO Staff Officer Frank Marshall Cromwell. The court initially granted Akyea one extra day after Cromwell spent seven weeks in the witness box, then granted three additional days before granting two more. When those extensions expired, Akyea requested four more days, which the court granted three, with proceedings scheduled for August 26, 27, and September 1. However, the court adjourned the case to August 25 and then September 2, emphasizing that counsel would only be given three hours to conclude the cross-examination on September 2, even if he had not finished by then.",
  "summary": "The Accra High Court has given counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen one final opportunity to conclude the cross-examination of the fourth prosecution witness. The court on Tuesday adjourned the case to Wednesday, September 2, 2026, to conclude the cross-examination and for the prosecution to close its case. The decision followed […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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