JUDGMENT
BACKGROUND TO THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE OF THE ACCUSED PERSON
The accused person was charged with manslaughter contrary to section 50 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). He was arrested and arraigned before the District Court, Atebubu on 12th August, 2022 and remanded into lawful custody on the same date. He was committed on 27th November, 2024 to stand trial in this Court. He was admitted to bail pending trial on 27th November, 2024 after being in lawful custody for two years and three months. A medical report on the accused person on record from the Ghana Health Service, Atebubu dated 9th December, 2022 and signed by Dr. Osman Abdullah Musah, Medical Officer shows that the accused person is a known asthmatic client of the hospital for the past years. He has been in and out of the facility on several occasions with moderate to severe and acute Asthmatic attacks with few life threatening attacks. He has been stable until recently when he reported to the facility on 1…