Court Awards GHC45,000 To Teacher Jailed For 13yrs After Wrongfully Accused Of molesting A Student

Date: 04-06-2018 12:21 pm (5 years ago) | Author: kaygee
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A Ghanaian teacher Eric Asante, was in 2005 sentenced to jail for 15 years after he was found guilty of molesting and impregnating his then 14-year-old student. The student had claimed the teacher was her lover, and on several occasions had had segxwal relations with her, a claim he consistently denied throughout the trial. Asante, after spending 13 of his 15 years behind bars, has been found innocent. According to Graphic, Asante had in 2012 filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, asking for a leave to file a notice of appeal against his conviction.

The leave had been followed by an application for a DNA test, which was granted and proved that a son said to be the fruit of the rape wasn’t his. According to GhanaWeb, the Ghanaian Supreme Court awarded Asante GHC45,000 in damages for wrongful conviction. The Supreme Court also ordered the state to pay him his 13 years salary.
Although he had sued for GHC7.3 million, citing a loss of income, psychological trauma, and mental disorder, the court ruled that he failed to prove that he suffered any mental or emotional disorder while incarcerated.
Twitter users are criticizing the Supreme Court, saying Asante deserves a lot more, as his life was unjustly destroyed by the conviction.
See some of the tweets below:




Posted: at 4-06-2018 12:21 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- nature7888 at 4-06-2018 12:50 PM (5 years ago)
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HE CAN SUE FOR SO MANY DAMAGES
Posted: at 4-06-2018 12:50 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kaposky at 4-06-2018 01:08 PM (5 years ago)
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45,000 GHANA CEDIS,WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MILLION,430,THOUSAND NAIRA ONLY, COURT UNA DEY MAD YANSH
Posted: at 4-06-2018 01:08 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- pitav at 4-06-2018 01:39 PM (5 years ago)
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This is HEARTLESS for the judges to come to this decision.
Posted: at 4-06-2018 01:39 PM (5 years ago) | Upcoming
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- fineboy77 at 4-06-2018 02:37 PM (5 years ago)
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Now,its time for the girl to go and replace him in Jail

Posted: at 4-06-2018 02:37 PM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- kaposky at 4-06-2018 03:01 PM (5 years ago)
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Quote from: fineboy77 on  4-06-2018 02:37 PM
Now,its time for the girl to go and replace him in Jail
EXACTLY.SOME GIRLS CAN BE MEAN AND WICKED
Posted: at 4-06-2018 03:01 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- osarobo62 at 4-06-2018 04:03 PM (5 years ago)
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those Ghanaian judges needs to go for mental and brain reassessment. for six so called judges to come up with that paltry sum is mind boggling.
Posted: at 4-06-2018 04:03 PM (5 years ago) | Hero
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- slimber at 4-06-2018 07:23 PM (5 years ago)
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Hmmmmm
Posted: at 4-06-2018 07:23 PM (5 years ago) | Hero
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- fineboy77 at 4-06-2018 08:04 PM (5 years ago)
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Quote from: kaposky on  4-06-2018 03:01 PM
EXACTLY.SOME GIRLS CAN BE MEAN AND WICKED
I dey tell you

Posted: at 4-06-2018 08:04 PM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- SOGaiya at 4-06-2018 09:43 PM (5 years ago)
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dat african mentality n way of court deals
Posted: at 4-06-2018 09:43 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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fire TRENDING GISTS fire

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