NOBLE ADU GYAMFI vs. THE REPUBLIC [2013]DLCA8122

Date	2013-11-21
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL: NO. H2/29/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA8122

APALOO J.A (PRESIDING)

ADUAMA OSEI J.A

SOWAH (MRS.) J.A

MR. SETH MENSAH DUMOGAH FOR PLAINTIFF

MRS. MARINA APPIAH OPARE (PSA) FOR THE REPUBLIC

[2013]DLCA8122
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NOBLE ADU
GYAMFI<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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CRIMINAL
APPEAL: NO. H2/29/2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 21ST NOVEMBER,
2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
SETH MENSAH DUMOGAH FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MRS.
MARINA APPIAH OPARE (PSA) FOR THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

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</div>SOWAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>The
appellant herein together with others alleged to be at large were committed for
trial on a bill of indictment. The bill of indictment to be found at pages 1
and 2 of the Record of appeal is reproduced below:-<o:p></o:p>“Noble
Adu Gyamfi and others at large are charged with the following offences:<o:p></o:p>COUNT
ONE<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>Conspiracy&nbsp; to commit crime, namely murder contrary to
sections 23(1) and 46 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29).<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>Noble
Adu Gyamfi, driver, then aged 23 and others at large, on or about the 7th
day of August 2005 at Emef Estates/Lashibi near Tema in the Greater Accra
Region of Ghana, did act together with a common purpose to intentionally cause
the death of one Paul Feghali by unlawful harm.<o:p></o:p>COUNT
TWO<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>Murder,
contrary to section 46 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Criminal Offences Act, 1960
Act 29)<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>Noble
Adu Gyamfi, driver, then aged 23 and others at large, on or about the 7th
day of August 2005 at Emef Estates/Lashibi near Tema in the Greater Accra
Region of Ghana, did intentionally cause the death of one Paul Feghali by
unlawful harm.”<o:p></o:p>The
appellant pleaded not guilty to both counts.<o:p></o:p>Facts<o:p></o:p>The brief facts of the case was that on 7th
August 2005 at about 8.30am, the deceased who was a Lebanese national left his
Tesano residence to play golf at the Celebrity Golf Club at Tema. He was
driving his Nissan Murano 4X4 vehicle. That was the last time he was seen
alive. His body was discovered the next day in the bush near EMEF Estate at
Lashibi. On that same day 7th August 2005, at about 10.30 am, the
appellant and an accomplice drove the Nissan Murano vehicle to a hotel at Tema
and offloaded golf kits from the vehicle into a taxi which they brought to the
hotel. The appellant invited a car dealer PW2 to come to inspect the vehicle
and buy it. PW2 came to the hotel with a friend PW3 to inspect the vehicle but
declined the offer to sell the vehicle to him. <o:p></o:p>The appellant then drove the vehicle away and
persuaded the caretaker of an uncompleted building [PW5] to allow him to park
the vehicle behind the building. The appellant went to the vehicle early the
next morning, removed the number plates of the vehicle and threw them away but
PW5 found and kept them. The appellant went back later that day in a taxi but
saw people around the vehicle so he told the taxi to speed aw</main>