94.1fm HAVE YOUR SAY..... ‘Angry’ Akyea fires back; was the Supreme Court a mercy chamber or a justice chamber? The embattled Lawyer whose client was found guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced to ten days in prison has hit back at the justices of the Supreme Court. Atta Akyea insists the Justices had formed their opinion on his client and were not about to give him a fair hearing. He said even he the lawyer was not allowed to express himself, let alone his "poor client". Akyea was reacting to the incarceration of Kenneth Kuranchie, Editor of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper by Supreme Court on Tuesday. Kuranchie in an editorial published in his newspaper defended comments made by the Deputy Communications Director of the NPP Sammy Awuku who had described the justices hearing the Presidential Election Petition as being “hypocritical and selective”- a comment Awuku later apologized but was punished by the Supreme Court. Kuranchie was dragged before the Supreme Court to explain why he was supporting an apologetic Awuku and to justify why he should not be punished for repeating a contemptuous comment. He went there with three lawyers and Atta Akyea led the team.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 07:57:56 +0000
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