‘Kidnapped pregnant woman’ leaves police custody
Josephine Panyin Simons, the alleged ‘pregnant and kidnapped’ Takoradi woman, has finally met the bail condition after one week of her family’s inability to fulfil the bail condition.
A Takoradi Circuit Court last Monday listened to the plea of a team of lawyers to grant the accused who pleaded not guilty bail since the offence in question was a misdemeanour and therefore bailable.
Josephine Panyin Mensah is alleged to have ‘faked’ her pregnancy and subsequent kidnap, which made the twin City perplexed.
The court presided over by Justice Michael Cudjoe Ampadu after long deliberation between lawyers and the prosecutor granted the bail in the sum of GH¢50, 000 with two sureties, one to be justified.
But days passed and saw her still in custody since family members found it a Herculean task to provide the bail condition until Monday afternoon when all conditions were satisfied.
Josephine is expected to reappear in court on Thursday, 14 October 2021, on the charges of deceiving public officers and making false publications about pregnancy and kidnapping.
Josephine went missing on 16 September 2021 carrying a ‘pregnancy’ but was only found some days after without the pregnancy which gained national attention and interest with many twists and turns.