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'We are taking legal steps' – Maurice Ampaw hints at move to challenge Wontumi's conviction
play videoMaurice Ampaw is a Private legal practitioner and political commentator A member of the legal team backing Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has indicated that efforts are already underway to respond to the High Court judgment that handed him a 20-year prison sentence over illegal mining.
Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, who presided over the case, sentenced the Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman to two concurrent 20-year prison terms after delivering judgment shortly after 11:40 a.
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