Prof Benneh murder: You have 10 days to serve bill of indictment – Court orders prosecution
State prosecution has been ordered to serve a bill of indictment on the accused person in the murder trial of University of Ghana law lecturer Professor Emmanuel Benneh.
A bill of indictment is a document by a government prosecutor accusing a designated person of having committed a felony or misdemeanor.
In this case, Ebenezer Kweyisi has been slapped with a murder charge.
On Wednesday, May 19, the prosecutor Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo informed the court that the bill was ready but the state was yet to serve the court and the accused.
Inspector Okuffo then asked for some time to serve all parties in the murder case.
Having listened to his plea, the Kaneshie District Court judge Ama Adomako Kwakye gave the prosecution 10 days to serve the court and accused.
The murder
An Associate Professor at the University of Ghana Faculty of Law, Prof. Benneh was killed in his residence at Adjiriganor near American House in Accra on September 10, 2020.
Prof. Benneh, said to live a solitary life, was found dead in his home on a Saturday morning, two days after his murder.
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His body was found in his home at about 8 am in a pool of blood with his hands tied behind his back and marks of multiple acts of assault and resultant cuts on his body.
Five people—all his domestic workers— were arrested by the police.
But the list was trimmed to three as the police narrowed down on his cleaner, James Nana Womba, and his alleged accomplices, Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah and Ebenezer Kweyisi.
According to the police, 26-year-old James Nana Womba admitted his role in the murder of the law professor and mentioned the names of his accomplices.
He is said to have taken the CPU from a desktop computer at the house, which he hid in a septic tank.
He also made away with two mobile phones and an amount of GH₵450.
The prosecution is yet to give details of the exact roles Opamboour, and Ebenezer Kweyisi allegedly played in the death of the law lecturer on September 10, 2020.
But the court discharged three others, including Agya Badu Nkansah, Isaac Botchway, who had earlier told theghanareport.com that he suspected an insider job in the death of his boss.
Although he had been told that a carpenter forced the door open to discover the body of the late Prof Emmanuel Emmanuel Benneh, there was no sign of a forced break-in on the door.
He told theghanareport.com that it appeared the late professor granted entry to the person, probably known to him, who committed the act because there was no break-in.
Death and torture
Days after he was charged with murder, James died in police custody with his mother, accusing the police of allegedly killing his son.
Opambour’s lawyer on November 9, also accused the police of torturing the second accused person, who was admitted at the Police hospital for close to six months.
He feared that Opambour could die from police torture. The prosecution denied the allegation. But Opambour is now free while Kweyisi stands alone in the dock.
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