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The concluding part of State Prosecutors’ final oral address to the Jury in the ongoing murder case in which some 14 accused persons are standing trial for the death of military officer Major Maxwell Mahama has stalled.
This was because the seven-member jury are said to have embarked on strike over unpaid allowances.
The jury are a sworn body of people convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
In the ongoing case, evidence from both parties had closed and the parties are to submit their closing remarks to the seven-member jury prior to judgement.
State Prosecutors led by Mrs Evelyn Keelson, a Chief State Attorney is the one leading the Prosecution to addressing the jury and have had two sessions with them with today’s expected to be their final day.
In Court on Monday, October 30, 2023, when the case was called for the Prosecution to conclude their oral submissions, the jury members were absent.
Chief State Attorney, Mrs Evelyn Keelson, indicated to the Court that, the Jury are said to be on strike, – an action premised on their unpaid allowances.
She added that, though the entire jury had been on strike for a while, the set for Major Mahama’s case had been coming to Court until today’s sitting.
Justice Mariama Owusu, Justice of the Supreme Court sitting as an additional responsibility as a High Court judge, said she was unaware else “I will have taken the matter up”
Justice Owusu, recounted how she had to engage the former (retired) Chief Justice Kwasi Enin Yeboah, the last time the jury abandoned their duties over their arrears.
The latest developments is the third time this year, that members of the jury had to abandon their duties.
The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra consequently adjourned the case to November 6, 2023.
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