Adu-Boahene, wife may cross-examine prosecution witness themselves if lawyers stay away

“We are aware, and I have spoken to counsel who was categorical that he had written a letter to the Chief Justice, this court’s registrar, and the Ghana Bar Association that he would exercise his alleged right to not attend court proceedings during the vacation,” he told the court.

Justice Achibonga acknowledged the letter written by defence counsel to the Chief Justice on August 5 seeking reconsideration of the directive to sit during the legal vacation, as well as the Ghana Bar Association’s August 10 letter raising similar concerns.“If by the next date [August 17] the accused are not represented by counsel, they shall be made to cross-examine the witness themselves, failing which PW4 would be discharged,” the court directed.