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WILLIAM BAAH & 13 ORS
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(2025) JELR 114583 (CA)

Court of Appeal 20 Nov 2025 Ghana
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- The appellant, William Baah (Assemblyman), was convicted by a jury of abetment of murder under sections 20(1) and 46 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), following the mob killing of Captain Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira Obuasi after

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. H2/32/24
Judges:ARCHER, JA (PRESIDING) DR. OWUSU-DAPAA, JA BOAFO, JA
Counsel:GEORGE BERNARD SHAW FOR APPELLANT JOSHUA SACKEY (PSA) FOR DEFENDANT
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

CHRISTOPHER ARCHER, JA:

This is an appeal from the verdict of the Jury of the High Court, Criminal Division 3, Accra, dated 29th January 2024.

The Appellant, William Baah, was on 15th December 2017 charged with one count. It reads as follows:

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

ABETMENT OF CRIME, NAMELY, MURDER, contrary to Section 20 (1) and 46 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

WILLIAM BAAH @MISTY on or about 29th May 2017, at Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region and within the jurisdiction of this Court, abetted Bernard Asamoah@ Daddy, Kofi Nyame@ Abortion, Akwasi Baah, Kwame Tuffour @ Asowonan, Joseph Appiah Kubi@ Kumdede, Michael Anin @Nana Anim, Akwasi Asante, Charles Quaining@Akwasi Boah, and others at large to intentionally cause the death of Captain Maxwell Adom Mahama by unlawful harm.

The facts of the case as presented by the prosecution were as follows:

Captain Maxwell Adom Mahama, now deceased, was the commander of a military detachment stationed at Di…

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