THE JUDGES ASK ATTA AKYEA TO RESUME HIS SEAT TO ALLOW KEN KORANCHIE TO SPEAK. KEN KORANCHIE SAYS HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HIS CHARGE IS BEFORE HE CAN EXPLAIN. ONE OF THE JUDGES ACCUSES HIM OF WANTING TO BE A HERO AND TAKING THE JUDGES FOR A RIDE. THE JUDGE ASKS HIM TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE MEANS BY A CHARGE SHEET. ATTA AKYEA INTERVENES. HE SAYS HIS CLIENT IS A LAY PERSON. HE PLEADS TO THE COURT TO OVER LOOK THE LEGALESE OF HIS CLIENT AND ALLOW HIM JUST FIVE MINUTES TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF. KEN KORANCHIE GOES AHEAD. HE SAYS HIS EDITORIAL WAS TO SEEK DIRECTION FROM THE COURT AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES COMMENTARIES. HE SAYS IT WILL BE UNETHICAL TO MISREPORT BUT THEN THE MEDIA HOUSES HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO COMMENT ON RULINGS GIVEN BY THE COURT. HE SAYS THEIR EDITORIAL WAS A COMMENT ON THE RULING ON THE SAMMY AWUKU. ATTA AKYEA PLEADS WITH THE COURT TO ALLOW HIM APPROACH HIS CLIENT. THE COURT GRANTS HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY. TOGETHER WITH YAW OWUSU ADDO AND KOFI BOAKYE, THE COUNSEL, APPROACH KEN KORANCHIE AND WHISPER WORDS TO HIM. KEN KORANCHIE THEN PROCEEDS BY SAYING IF THE COURT CONSIDERS HIS EDITORIAL AS WRONG HE WANTS TO APOLOGISE. ONE OF THE JUDGES TAKE ISSUES WITH THE "IF" USED BY KORANCHIE. HE SAYS IS THE APOLOGY BY KEN KORANCHIE CONDITIONAL. KORANCHIE AGAIN REPEATS THAT IF HIS EDITORIAL IS CONSIDERED WRONG THEN HE APOLOGISES FOR IT. ATTA AKYEA INTERVENES. HE SAYS IT APPEARS HIS CLIENT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE CUE BEING GIVEN BY THE JUDGE. ATUGUBA SAYS FOR AN EDITOR OF NEWSPAPER HE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT. ATTA AKYEA SAYS THERE ARE THINGS HE OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT KNOW AND UNDERSTAND, INCLUDING A CHARGE SHEET. ATUGUBA SAYS THE WITNESS MUST BE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS HIS OPINION FREELY WITHOUT ANY FORM OF COERCION. KEN KORANCHIE COMES AGAIN. HE SAYS "IT SEEMS" AS THOUGH HIS EDITORIAL IS CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS AND HE APLOGISES. ATTA AKYEA IN A CAREFULLY SELECTED WORDS PRAYS THE COURT TO BE LENIENT IN WHATEVER DECISION THEY TAKE AGAINST HIS CLIENT. HE SAYS HIS CLIENT HAS APOLOGISED FOR HIS COMMENTS AND THAT MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. RECESS S ANNOUNCED FOR THE COURT TO RULE ON THE ALL THE THREE THAT CAME BEFORE IT TODAY.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:24:17 +0000
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