Murder pf Goaso Hospital Administrator..SUNYANI HIGH COURT TO TRY 11 PEOPLE (PAGE 32)

THE Sunyani High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Godwin Gabor, will, on October 24, 2008, begin hearing the case in which 11 people have been linked to the murder of Mr Anthony Yeboah-Boateng, the former Administrator of the Goaso Government Hospital.
The accused have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, murder, as well as causing unlawful damage to the car belonging to the late Yeboah-Boateng, who was also the Presiding Member of the then Asunafo North District Assembly.
They are Douglas Afriyie, Stephen Donkor, Kwasi Nyantekyi, Kwaku Agyeman Badu, Adama Hamidu and James Dankwah.
The rest are Kwame Yeboah Addae, Kwadwo Awuah, Kwame Anokye, Emmanuel Kwaku Lartey and Kwame Krah.
When they appeared before the court on October 13, 2008, four of them indicated that they had counsel, two of whom were in court, but the remaining seven had no representation.
Until their indictment, the 11 were among 30 suspects who had been standing trial at the Sunyani Magistrate Court for their alleged involvement in the murder of Yeboah-Boateng on Easter Sunday, last year.
A source close to the court in Sunyani, who disclosed this to the Daily Graphic, said because of the nature of the case, and in accordance with procedure, the presiding judge had informed the Attorney-General’s Office to apply to the Legal Aid Board to provide lawyers to represent the seven.
According to the source, a five-member jury had been empanelled to hear the case and that all the prosecution witnesses, including the deceased’s wife and a Catholic nun who were in his car at the time of the incident, were in court.
On April 8, 2007, Yeboah-Boateng, in the company of his wife and two other women, was travelling from Goaso to Sunyani to convey the corpse of a relative from the Sunyani Regional Hospital to the Goaso Hospital mortuary.
When they got to Atronie, the accused persons, who had blocked the road, forced Yeboah-Boateng to stop.
According to the police, the accused persons rushed on him and accused him of being a ritual murderer because he was carrying a corpse in his car.
Before the deceased could offer any explanation, the accused pulled him out of the vehicle, clubbed him to death and attempted to set his body ablaze.
The accused persons then vandalised his car and the corpse, after which they bolted from the town.