{"id":139569,"date":"2015-08-01T08:21:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T08:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=139569"},"modified":"2015-08-01T06:29:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T06:29:58","slug":"lawyer-petitions-amnesty-international-over-gunmans-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/lawyer-petitions-amnesty-international-over-gunmans-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer petitions Amnesty International over gunman’s conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"
A private legal practitioner, Godwin Adjei-Gyamfi has petitioned the Amnesty International to investigate the 10-year sentencing of a 36-year-old man who went to President John Mahama’s church, supposedly to kill him.<\/p>\n
According to Adjei-Gyamfi , the trial and conviction of Charles Antwi was “absurd.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very, very incensed by the ruling. I felt that I needed to do something about the situation. The whole process culminated the error\u2026with the greatest respect it think it was diabolical,\u201d he complained.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ACgP0I2k2pzJag6MCY37ONNo0FNdwK4K”]Charles Antwi was on Tuesday handed a 10-year jail term for illegally possessing fire arm.<\/p>\n
Although the Police were in court to seek a remand, the Judge after Antwi\u2019s confession pronounced judgement<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>after an amendment was made to the charge.<\/p>\n The prosecution felt Antwi was not mentally stable but the judgment dismissed their claims, insisting Antwi was fine and jailed him.<\/p>\n