Godfred Yeboah Dame
The Office of the Attorney General has filed disclosure documents it intends to rely on for the trial of Archbishop Elisha Salifu Amoako and his wife, Mouha Amoako, over their son’s accident resulting in the death of two young girls.
The Office is however, yet to file the witness statements of the witnesses it will be calling to prove the guilt of the two who have been charged with one count of permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
An Assistant State Attorney, Yaw Acquah, told the court yesterday that the prosecution had filed its first batch of disclosures which were yet to be served.
He said although a copy of it is not on the court’s docket, “Counsel of the accused persons have been served with the disclosures and we are left with our witness statements.”
The court then asked him to file the remaining documents by the next date. The case was adjourned to November 28, 2024, for case management conference.
The court had previously heard that Archbishop Elisha Salifu Amoako and his wife, Mouha Amoako admitted to allowing their 16-year-old son to drive.
Court documents state that the couple “admitted during investigations that they allowed their son to drive to the gym, within their neighbourhood, and to other places.”
Their son was involved in a fatal accident which led to the death of two 12-year-old girls at East Legon on October 12, 2024.
The minor has been charged with a total of eight charges – two counts of manslaughter, three counts of negligently causing harm, two counts of dangerous driving and another count of dangerous driving without a valid licence.
Court documents indicate that despite his age and his lack of a valid driver’s licence, his family members regularly gave him access to cars that they own and permitted him to drive.
The accident occurred around 6pm when the 16-year-old drove his parent’s Jaguar SUV into a 4×4 Acura, resulting in a fire that burnt both vehicles beyond recognition.
The 4×4 Acura vehicle with registration number GR 2542 – 23, was being driven by Joseph Ackah with four other occupants, on Mensah Wood Street at East Legon.
The couple, together with another accused named Linda Bonsu Bempah, have been charged with one count of “permitting unlicensed person to drive, contrary to Regulation 42 of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 (L.I. 2180).”
They all pleaded not guilty to the charges, and their lawyers took turns to pray the court to admit them to bail pending the trial.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak