Complainant insults judge

There was drama at an Accra Circuit Tribunal when a complainant, Georgina Adjei Asare, visibly dissatisfied with a judgement in a stealing case, openly hurled insults at the judge.

As soon as the tribunal chairman Ms Elizabeth Anderson-Yeboah, acquitted and discharged the accused, Mavis Marfoah, for lack of evidence, Georgina burst out in rage.

Shouting at the top of her voice, she said: “I know you are a corrupt woman who takes money from accused persons and set them free.”

Georgina, 35, a trader, also alleged before the open court that Ms Anderson-Yeboah had once accepted a car from an accused person in a case before the tribunal. She also referred to the tribunal as a corrupt court.

Undeterred by the warnings from the court warrant officers and clerks, Georgina went ahead to say, “I am an NPP woman, and I will report you to my people”.

She further said: “I knew you would by all means free the accused, so now that she is free, you can send me inside.”

Georgina, whose strange behaviour as well as awkward utterances created a scene at the premises of the Cocoa Affairs Court, was subsequently arrested by the court warrant officers and arraigned before Circuit tribunal “A”.

The tribunal, chaired by Mr Imoru Ziblim, on Sunday sentenced Georgina to a fine of 2 million cedis, after she pleaded guilty o the charge of disturbance of court and insulting behaviour. In default, she will go to jail for six months in hard labour.