Atta Akyea says AG's position supports Wontumi's no-case submission argument

Samuel Atta Akyea, lead counsel for Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, argued on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday, July 25, that comments attributed to the Attorney-General suggest the trial judge should have upheld the defence's submission of no case. He maintained that the prosecution failed to present sufficiently strong evidence against his client to justify the conviction handed down by the Accra High Court. Mr. Atta Akyea stated, "What is even more serious is that the Attorney-General is now conceding that the judge should have upheld the submission of no case."

Mr. Atta Akyea questioned the basis of the conviction, asking what evidence directly linked his client to the alleged offences. He further contended that the prosecution did not produce evidence that was independently strong enough to sustain a conviction. He stated, "There is no evidence that the Attorney-General produced which is strong in itself, more so when you've brought in accomplices." Mr. Atta Akyea suggested that reliance on the evidence of accomplices required careful scrutiny and argued that such evidence could not independently support a conviction without sufficient evidence.