An Accra High Court has granted bail to Mam Yandeh Joof, the accused person allegedly involved in the death of Bennet Agyekum Adomah, Chief Executive of Kikibee’s Restaurant and Lounge at East Legon.
Prior to granting the bail, counsel for the accused person, Muniru Kassim told the court that, the facts of the case, as presented by the prosecution, do not support the charge of murder against his client.
He argued that it is therefore unfair to keep the accused in police custody when investigations are yet to connect the death to the accused.
Meanwhile, State Attorney, Marian Boakye, opposed the application for bail saying “it is premature as the police are still conducting their investigations.
But in court on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, granted the accused person bail in the sum of GH¢200,000 with one surety to be justified after an autopsy report showed that the deceased died from severe injury to the head following a fall due to alcohol intoxication.
Background
In October, the accused was put before the Madina District Court and charged with murder, following the death of her boyfriend and owner of the popular restaurant Kikibees, Bennet Agyekum Adomah.
Narrating the facts, the prosecution stated that the deceased and the accused had been in an amorous relationship for the past three (3) years.
The deceased who traveled abroad some months ago returned to Ghana on the evening of October 7, 2023.
The deceased arrived at his residence at East Legon from the airport around 6:00 pm.
He took some rest and later in the night around 8:00 pm he left the house to the Kikibees Restaurant and Lounge at East Legon.
At about 12:30 am on October 8, 2023, the deceased left the Kikibees Restaurant to visit the accused in her apartment at Ogbojo.
Later in the night, at about 1:30 am, the deceased suddenly became hyper and started behaving strangely and throwing things in the room amidst shouts that some people were chasing him.
The other tenants in the house were awoken by the noise whereupon the accused rang a close friend of the deceased and informed him to come to her apartment to assist her, but the friend came and found the deceased lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen throwing his hands about.
The tenants in the house assisted them and took him to DEL Hospital at East Legon, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
The death was reported to police and the body was conveyed to the Police Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
During the inspection at the scene, pieces of broken ceramic glass with blood stains were found in the apartment.
The body was inspected and a cut was found on the left thumb of the deceased.
The accused was subsequently remanded in police custody by the Madina District Court.
