The policeman who was captured by a CCTV camera shooting his girlfriend multiple times leading to her death has told the court he is not guilty of the charge of murder. Inspector Ahmed Twumasi also refused to any questions during court proceedings in Kumasi because his lawyer was not present.
He, however, told the court on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, that when the time comes he would call forward witnesses to back his plea that he was not guilty of the charges.
The murder of Victoria Dapaah, known popularly as Maadwoa, gripped the whole country partly because of CCTV footage captured her last interaction with Inspector Twumasi and her final breath.
To beef up the state’s charge of murder against Inspector Twumasi, the state attorney handling the matter has presented the policeman’s service pistol, which was allegedly used to commit the crime and the CCTV footage that went viral.
The Asokore Mampong district court where the case was heard on June 20 has asked the high court to take over the case from July 13, 2023.
Since Maadwoa’s gruesome murder in April 2023, Ghanaians, friends family members have expressed anger towards the policeman who allegedly committed the offence. On Tuesday, as the suspect was being taken away from court, the family of Maadwoa attacked Inspector Twumasi.
They pelted stones at the vehicle that was transporting the suspected to the cells. The situation got so intense that the police had to call for reinforcement.
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported in a separate report that after failing in his effort to kill his fiancée, whom he apparently caught with another man, a man reportedly shot himself in the head. The incident happened at Alavanyo Wududi in the Hohoe Municipality on May 25, 2021.
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at about 1:00 am, the deceased, Sampson Ataafi, followed Melody Owusu to her new partner because he thought she was cheating on him. When Sampson noticed that Melody was in her new boyfriend’s room, he opened fire on her via the room’s trap door.
Credit to YEn.com.gh
