Twelve persons including a former assembly member of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region have been found guilty of the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama.
A seven-member panel returned a unanimous guilty verdict after nearly seven years of trial.
They have since been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The convicts are William Baah, Bernard Asamoah, aka Daddy; Kofi Nyarko, aka Abortion; Akwasi Baah, Kwame Tuffour, Joseph Appiah Kubi and Michael Anim.
The rest are John Bosie, Akwasi Baah, Charles Kwaning, Emmanuel Badu and Kwadwo Anim.
Meanwhile, two persons standing trial together with the accused persons were acquitted and discharged. They are Bismark Donkor and Bismarck Abanga.
They were standing trial on charges ranging from murder, abetment to murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
What happened on 29 May 2017
At the dawn of that day, the then Captain Mahama went on his usual jogging.
On the way, he came across two women who assumed he was an armed robber because he had a gun tucked at the back of his trousers.
Multiple sources said the women called the assemblyman and informed him that they had seen a man with a gun and were convinced that he was an armed robber.
The assemblyman then called two associates and headed to where the Captain was seen jogging.
According to him, upon reaching the venue, the soldier opened fire on them, and he absconded.
The ex-soldier had his head smashed with bricks and other objects.
A day after his death, armed military officers were dispatched to the area.
The action by the military sent residents fleeing from the town for fear of being attacked by the armed personnel in a reprisal attack.
About 120 residents were picked up for their involvement in the incident.
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