The Chief Psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Akwasi Osei has stressed the need for increased security at the facility for the duration the gunman, Charles Antwi will be there for treatment.
An Accra High Court on Monday referred Charles Antwi to the psychiatric hospital for treatment after it quashed a judgment by a Circuit Court sentencing him to ten years in prison.
Charles Antwi was convicted based on his own plea of planning to assassinate the President and for the unlawful possession of a fully loaded locally manufactured pistol.
[contextly_sidebar id=”xud2oXsOHX4FAhgoRKwLBtn6TGEJCWyB”]Charles Antwi’s conviction was met with much criticism following concerns raised about the state of his mental health.
Speaking to Citi News, Dr. Osei explained that boosting security at the hospital will guarantee the safety of workers and patients.
“We will look at his condition, the risk to other inmates the risk of him running away and against our security and decide that yes we may keep here but let’s get the policeman to guide him, or else we may give him up to the prison where security is tighter than at our end,” he said.
The Chief Psychiatrist further added, “if they don’t go through due diligence and they admit him and he runs away it will then appear that we had condoned which will be wrong but it will mean that we had assisted him to jump the wall or jump a lot of security.”
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By:Pius Amihere Eduku/citifmonline.com/Ghana