High Court dismisses contempt case against K.T. Hammond

The High Court in Accra has thrown out a contempt case filed against the Minister of Trade and Industry, K.T. Hammond who was accused of proclaiming that James Gyakye Quayson, will go to prison in a perjury case which is yet to be determined.

In a ruling Thursday (Oct 19), the court presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, said lawyers for the applicant, failed to provide evidence to buttress their allegation.

It said the full compliment of what K.T. Hammond was reported to have said was not produced adding: “It was incumbent on the applicant to exhibit the full interview.”

“Without the full complement of the interview, the court is deprived of the opportunity to know exactly what was said.”

“The court cannot rely on the manifestly incomplete publication to rule on a man who denies the content of the publication,” Justice Yanzuh said.

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