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JOSEPH KWASI QUARSHIE
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(2018) JELR 66200 (CA)

Court of Appeal 26 Jul 2018 Ghana
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- The appellant, Joseph Kwasi Quarshie, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. - The case involved a dispute between the appellant and the deceased, Naomi Wapeah Ayagah, who were in a relationship. - The deceased went to the appell

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Suit Number:CRIMINAL APPEAL SUIT NO. H2/20/17
Judges:GYAESAYOR JA (PRESIDING), AMADU JA, SUURBAAREH JA
Counsel:MUNIRU M. KASSIM FOR APPELLANT,SEFAKOR BATSE (MRS.) (SSA) FOR RESPONDENT

GYAESAYOR, JA

The Appellant herein, Joseph Kwasi Quarshie, was tried and convicted of the offence of murder contrary to section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The facts are well rehearsed in the record of appeal. For the avoidance of doubt however, I repeat them.

The complainant is a professional driver and the father of Naomi Wapeah Ayagah, the deceased in this case. Both of them lived together at Maamobi whereas the accused a welder lived at Alajo. On 22/10/2012 at about 10:30pm the deceased’s father, the complainant in the case overheard his daughter exchanging words with somebody on her cell phone and so he demanded to know who that person was and she told him that it was her boyfriend, the accused person in the case. A few minutes after the call she told her father that she was proceeding to Alajo that night because the accused had asked her to come and pack her dirty dresses from his room. The complainant and his son persuaded her not to go and that it was late bu…

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