{"id":311777,"date":"2017-04-18T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T11:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=311777"},"modified":"2017-04-18T11:04:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T11:04:11","slug":"delta-force-court-raiders-case-adjourned-to-may-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/delta-force-court-raiders-case-adjourned-to-may-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Force court raiders’ case adjourned to May 17 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
The case of the eight members of the pro-New Patriotic Party vigilante group, Delta Force, has been adjourned to 17th of May 2017.<\/p>\n
The eight are facing trial at the Kumasi Circuit Court 2, for disturbing a court session, resisting arrest, and freeing\u00a0the 13 Delta Force members who were in lawful custody.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”wGLgkFjeqMcNRGGdmkdHMgP5ZMhrOJaS”]The prosecutor, ACP Okyere Darko, on Tuesday, pleaded that ample time be given them for further investigations.<\/p>\n
Lawyer for the accused persons, Gary Nimako, has argued that his clients are not guilty because they were not arrested at the scene of the crime.<\/p>\n
Her Honor, Justice Patricia Amponsah, ordered that the 8 reappear before court on the 17th of May.<\/p>\n
8 Delta Force court raiders granted bail<\/strong><\/p>\n They eight were last week granted bail by the Kumasi Court.<\/p>\n The bail conditions was GHc 10,000 each with two sureties, and they were also to report to the police CID on Tuesday, April 18, before 3:00 pm.<\/p>\n The 13 Delta Force members who were freed, were facing charges for raiding the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council and assaulting its coordinator.<\/p>\n The 13 have since been granted bail, and are to reappear before the court on the 20th of April, 2017, after charges of conspiracy to assault a public officer and causing unlawful damage.<\/p>\n They were also granted bail of GHc 10,000 each, with two sureties. Meanwhile, the 13 have already been tried for escaping from court.<\/p>\n They were each fined Ghc2,400, and made to sign a bond of good behaviour for six months.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The case of the eight members of the pro-New Patriotic Party vigilante group, Delta Force, has been adjourned to 17th of May 2017. The eight are facing trial at the Kumasi Circuit Court 2, for disturbing a court session, resisting arrest, and freeing\u00a0the 13 Delta Force members who were in lawful custody. [contextly_sidebar id=”wGLgkFjeqMcNRGGdmkdHMgP5ZMhrOJaS”]The prosecutor, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":309781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[54,3,5974],"yoast_head":"\n