Attorney-General’s office denies losing evidence in Adu-Boahene trial

The Office of the Attorney-General has refuted suggestions that it has lost crucial evidence in the ongoing Republic v. Adu-Boahene criminal trial.

In a statement, Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem-Sai said: “The Attorney-General’s office has not lost any evidence regarding the ongoing Republic v Adu-Boahene criminal trial.”

According to him, the prosecution had by June 18 already filed all documents it intends to rely on to prove the charges against the four accused persons. These, he noted, include contracts of sale, bank wire transfer records, bank account statements, company registration documents, property ownership records, purchase receipts, INTERPOL stolen vehicle records, investigative caution statements, charge statements of each accused person, records of asset non-declaration, a flow chart of money movements through a complex web of bank accounts, and testimonies of three prosecution witnesses.

He stressed that certified court copies of all these documents have also been served on each of the accused persons. “So, it is not even realistic that the documents could be lost so as to jeopardise the prosecution of the case,” Justice Srem-Sai added.

Updating the public on the current state of the trial, the Deputy Attorney-General disclosed that before the commencement of the legal vacation on July 31, the first of the three prosecution witnesses had already completed testimony and had been cross-examined by lawyers of three of the four accused persons.

The trial is expected to resume in mid-October when the courts return from the legal vacation.