The suspect in the shooting incident that led to the death of Lawrencia Naa Borley Nelson (Naa GAMU) in Nungua, Samuel Adjei, has been charged with two counts of unlawful possession of firearms and murder.
The case presided over by her worship Georgette Camel Luterotte at the Teshie-Nungua District Court 2, has been adjourned to March 12 to allow prosecution conclude investigations and forward docket to the Office of the Attorney- General for advice.
Lawrencia Naa Borley Nelson was shot in the thigh by the suspect during her enstoolment ceremony as the Queen of the Ga- Adamgme Moslem Union (GAMU) Nungua West branch on Saturday February 22.
The State Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Ignatius, read the charges to the judge on the first hearing of the case in court on Wednesday, February 26.
The suspect, Samuel Adjei, was in court accompanied by the CID officer in charge of the case at the Nungua District Police station.
He had a calm demeanour as he stood in the witness box. His family and friends who were equally present in court to support him, are however pleading for leniency from the judge.
His close friend, Ray Afotey Odai, is concerned about the public perception about his friend. He maintains the incident was accidental and had a spiritual connotation.
“Look, when you see my friend in town, you will see that he is a very nice person. He will never kill someone intentionally. This program was for 3 days. He was there on day one. The next day, he was at work when he was called to come and assist. If he wanted to kill her, he won’t have shot her thigh. We commiserate with the family, but it was an accident.
If you look at the video, when he gave the shot, he was unaware of what he did. If you believe in spirituality, you will know that there’s more to this. He is not a bad person. We were expecting him to be charged with man slaughter and not murder. The case is adjourned to 12 March, and we can only hope the court will be lenient,” he pleaded.
Some family members of the Deceased were also present in court.
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