Lawyers for British fugitive, David McDermott, who is being pursued by United Kingdom authorities for a crime he is alleged to have committed, are pushing for him to be tried in Ghana.
The lawyers, led by Victor Kodjoga Adawudu, argue that the charge of dealing in narcotics brought against Mr. McDermott is not an offence under the extradition laws of Ghana for which their client should be sent to the UK for trial.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Mm5pd4LLE0THmF1Q7AIMxa2x7qDk3GQT”]They further claimed that the state in an inventory of the things seized in the fugitive’s residence did not include any drug substance for which he has been brought to court.
McDermott was arrested on March 11, this year, based on an extradition request issued by the British High Commission to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ghana for allegedly conspiring to import £71 million worth of cocaine into the United Kingdom in 2013.
Criminal charges brought against the fugitive in another suit at an Accra Circuit court were withdrawn by the state last week without reasons.
It later also emerged that the suspect had been married for the past three years to the step-daughter of Ghana’s immediate past Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah.
Dr. Wampah said he never knew his son-in-law was a fugitive or that he allegedly dealt in drugs.
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By: Fred Djabanor/citifmonline.com/Ghana