The Supreme Court of Ghana has adjourned the case of Eric Asante, the teacher who was wrongfully jailed 15 years for rape, to 16 May. Mr Asante is in court seeking compensation from the state over the wrongful jail term handed down to him for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old pupil. His lawyer, Francis … Read more
Eric Asante, a 40-year-old teacher who was handed a 15-year jail term for defilement, of which he served 12 before eventually being absolved of the offence after fresh evidence exonerated him, is seeking a total sum of GHS10m from the state in compensation. Human rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu, who is counsel for the accused, … Read more
Eric Asante, a 40-year-old teacher who was handed a 15-year jail term for defilement, has been absolved from the offence after fresh evidence exonerated him from wrongdoing. A five-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Anin Yeboah acquitted and discharged the former teacher on Thursday January 26 after DNA proved that the teacher was … Read more
The Supreme Court has acquitted and discharged a 36-year-old man who was wrongfully jailed for defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old student. This was after a DNA test carried out on the child (now 12 years) believed to be the result of the defilement proved that Asante was not the father. In September 2005, Asante was … Read more
A five-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Anin Yeboah on Thursday acquitted and discharged a 40-year-old former teacher for defiling a child. Eric Asante had served a 15-year jail term for defiling a 14-year-old girl who was his pupil when he was a teacher in Tamale in the Northern Region. According to the … Read more
A teacher in the Northern Region, Eric Asante, who was jailed for fifteen years for allegedly defiling a 14-year old student in his class, has been acquitted and discharged by the Supreme Court. This was after a DNA test carried out on the baby believed to have come about as a result of the supposed … Read more