The motive for Manasseh Azure's failure to exhibit a letter he was relying on for his defence in a defamation suit against him and three others was questioned by counsel for Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI), Kweku Paintsil, during cross-examination at the High Court.
The said letter forms part of the defence of Manasseh Azure, Edwin Appiah, Sulemana Braimah, and Media Foundation for West Africa, who are in court over their publication of three articles titled "Darkness in a Lighthouse." Marcel Aboagye, the witness for LCI, had earlier accused the defendants of mischievously deciding not to exhibit that letter even though it was a major part of their defence, saying the defendants know that large portions of the publications have no connection with the letter.
It was based on this that counsel for LCI, Paintsil, asked Manasseh why he had hidden the letter from the court although he relied on it as a defence.
Manasseh responded that it was an oversight.
