Safina Mohammed, aka Safina Diamond, has denied any involvement in the murder of her Canadian-based boyfriend, Frank Kofi Osei.
She maintained her innocence stance and pleaded not guilty during committal proceedings at the Adenta District Court.
“I am innocent. At the time of the incident, I was not in the house, but near the area, making calls,” she said.
Frank (now deceased) was gruesomely murdered at Ashalley Botwe School Junction in July 2022 when he visited Safina, his girlfriend.
Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, the presiding judge, adjourned the case to March 7, 2024, for the parties (the prosecution and the defense) to give their opening addresses to the jury.
She said there would also be a case management conference and pre-trial hearings.
The state was represented by Nana Ama Adinkra, a senior state attorney, and Isaac Wilberforce Mensah, an assistant state attorney.
Samuel Alesu-Dordzi represented the accused person, with Nana Kweku Oware holding a brief for the substantive lawyer for the deceased family.
Earlier, Nana Ama Adinkra, a senior state attorney, had told the court that they would be calling nine witnesses in the trial.
The witnesses, the prosecution said, will include Michael Fifi Ampofo Arku, who was earlier held as an accomplice, but was discharged upon the advice of the Attorney General on the case docket.
The Senior State Attorney also indicated that the prosecution will be tendering some 31 exhibits.
The items to be tendered include an autopsy report, five huge dog chains, cello tape, four padlocks with 10 keys, a cutter, a pair of gloves, three knives, and the accused person’s various investigation caution statements.
It was the case of the prosecution that, on Sunday, July 24, 2022, Osei, who was on vacation in Ghana, visited Safina, his fiance, who lived at Ashaley Botwe School Junction, and decided to spend the night with her.
The prosecution indicated that in the night, Safina, Arku and other accomplices yet to be arrested, allegedly stabbed Osei with a knife and strangled him.
Per the facts, Osei’s blood was allegedly cleaned from the floor by Safina and her accomplices while the body was in the room for 24 hours.
The body of Osei, according to the prosecution, was dragged from the first floor of the two-storey building through the staircase.
The body was then dumped at the gate of the house, where the deceased had parked his Toyota Tundra.
Safina Diamond allegedly called the police, claiming that her boyfriend, who visited her, had died in her room.
When the police proceeded to the scene, they found the body of Osei lying at the gate of Safina’s house.