NYORGBORSHIE WEMEGAH vs. THE REPUBLIC [2015]DLCA8047

Date	2015-12-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H2/05/2016
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8047

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

MENSAH J.A.

APPELLANT IN PERSON

EMILY ADDO-OKYIREH FOR RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA8047
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NYORGBORSHIE WEMEGAH<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KOFORIDUA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO: H2/05/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 15TH DECEMBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>APPELLANT IN PERSON<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EMILY ADDO-OKYIREH
FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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ADJEI
J.A. (PRESIDING), SOWAH J.A., MENSAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>SOWAH, J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The appellant was convicted on a charge of murder
contrary to section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29 and sentenced
to death on 2nd November 2004 by the Ho High Court. Pursuant to
leave granted by this court to file an appeal out of time, the appellant filed
her petition of appeal against conviction and sentence on 20th
August 2015.<o:p></o:p>The brief facts of the case were that the appellant who
was a fetish priestess killed Etse Doamekporin, a four-year-old child with an
iron rod in or about January 1998 and buried him in a shallow grave behind her
room. The motive for the murder was to teach Etse’s mother who had insulted her
a lesson. The jurors found the appellant guilty of murder and she was convicted
and sentenced accordingly.<o:p></o:p>The four grounds of appeal filed by the appellant against
conviction sentence are as follows:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The appellant deeply regrets
her action and it is out of deep remorse that she is praying this honourable
court to kindly reconsider her conviction and sentence.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The appellant is a first
time offender who until the unfortunate incident had been a law-abiding citizen<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The appellant has served ten
years in prison custody and has learnt her lesson the bitter way.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The purpose of incarcerating
offenders to reform and rehabilitate them for reintegration into society has
been achieved over the long period that the appellant has spent in prison
custody.<o:p></o:p><</main>