Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has expressed disagreement with the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn the conviction of former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, arguing that the judgment did not fully consider the evidence presented during the trial.
The Court of Appeal acquitted Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu on Thursday, July 30, after determining that the prosecution failed to establish the alleged offences against her beyond reasonable doubt, leading to the reversal of the earlier conviction handed down by the trial court.
However, Mr. Tuah-Yeboah, who previously served as Deputy Attorney General, challenged the reasoning behind the appellate court’s decision, insisting that there was sufficient evidence available to support the original judgement.
He argued that the Court of Appeal placed undue focus on selected aspects of the case while failing to properly assess the full body of evidence that was presented before the trial court.
“The court shall not set aside the judgment on the grounds that the charges were defective. And let me also place on record, anyone who wants to appreciate the actual evidence in this particular case will be doing himself a great disservice if he chooses to look at the Court of Appeal judgment alone without regard to the judgment given by the trial court.
“What the Court of Appeal did in this particular instance is to isolate areas that they thought were convenient to them. If you take the actual judgment, you will realise that what they did was rather a shoddy job.
“What is the evidence on record, because they also indicated that there wasn’t evidence on record? And I can say that there was this mountain of evidence on record that was never availed, and those pieces of evidence on record would lead any reasonable court to a conclusion that Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu had a case to answer.”
