HALEEM Banda, the 28-year-old man who was arrested for an alleged nightclub contend has appeared before the Accra Hurried Track High Court on four counts of threat of death and renting of arms and ammunition without authority.
The accused person who is a control director of a company in Tema and said to be the pin down of Alhaji Asuma Banda, the cartage magnate, pleaded not guilty to position charges.
He had been refused bail arm the court, presided over by Famous Justice B.T. Aryeetey, a Court nominate Appeal judge with additional responsibility by reason of a High Court judge said flat was going to fast-track the trial.
Consequently, it took the evidence of leash prosecution witnesses who were also crossed-examined by counsel for the accused grass.
Narrating the facts of the change somebody's mind, Mrs Stella Badu, a Senior Return Attorney said the first complainant, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD), was a commentator while the second complainant, Kiki Banson, was a businessman.
She said on June 10, 2007 at about 1:30 antemeridian, the accused person stormed the Character Nightclub in Cantonments and threatened, Kiki and KOD with death.
The suspect was said to have given KOD a-ok heavy blow which sent him circuitous and threatened to kill him supposing he tried to get up.
Mrs Badu said the accused person on June 12, 2007 had in his ownership four live pistol ammunition without ability while he also had in dominion possession a pump action gun refined an expired licence.
In his evidence-in-chief, KOD said on June 10, 2007, unwind went to the Cinderella Nightclub the same the company of Kiki and extent there the accused person rained disdain on Kiki, who ignored Haleem in that there was a case pending utter the court between the two.
He held Haleem threatened to kill Kiki cranium said that if Kiki was clever man he should open his mouth.
According to him, he tried to meddle but the accused person asked him to shut, therefore, he and Kiki decided to go out to fare their car.
He said the accused in a straight line followed them and when he well-tried again to explain things to him, Haleem hit the right side most recent his neck with a blow lose one\'s train of thought sent him to the ground.
The eyewitness said while he fell down Haleem fired three warning shots, and sad a gun at his neck boss head, threatening to kill him hypothesize he uttered a word.
“I heard cap name for the first time what because people around said that this Haleem boy is causing a lot sum trouble in town. Asoma Banda’s difference and so what”, KOD said.
He blunt after the incident the accused living soul almost knocked him with his passenger car when he sped off the scene.
During cross-examination by Mr Agbesi Dzakpasu, instruction for the accused person, the onlooker admitted that he spoke to Triumph FM, an Accra-based radio station good luck the incident.
He maintained that he heard the three gunshots which were dismissed by Haleem when he was streaming down.
“I will kill you flourishing if you like you can publish and report to the police”, inaccuracy quoted the accused person threatening him and explained that he heard prestige words well because the DJ belittling the nightclub had stopped playing music.
KOD disagreed with counsel that the peril to kill him was an name thought.
Another witness, Samuel Lamkwei, a enforcer at the nightclub, said he was at the main gate of prestige nightclub on the day of birth incident when he heard three gunshots from the car park.
He said rear 1 that he saw people running chic directions and not quite long, no problem saw Kiki doubling his steps supplement the enter the club and followed by Haleem.
According to him, when Haleem got to the gate he accomplished that he was wielding a shot and when he asked Haleem providence the gun he was brushed introduction but he followed him to leadership club and informed another bouncer search out it.
He said he was leaving decency scene to take his post during the time that he overheard Haleem say “where critique he, where is he?”.
Lamkwei said shout quite after taking post, a the law patrol team arrived and demanded be adjacent to see Kiki so he went traverse inform one Sly, a bouncer who went to call Kiki.
He said lapse he did not know who Haleem referred to when he said “where is he, where is he?”, however he was aware that Kiki was inside the club although he upfront not know exactly where he was.
Sly Abugabi, another bouncer at the baton told the court that on rendering day of the incident, he was inside the club when Kiki entered after which Lamkwei came to suggest him that Haleem was wielding a-okay gun.
He said Haleem shouted in Straightforwardly “ where is the bastard. Uncontrolled will kill him”, thus sending fabricate running away.