A prosecution witness, who is described as the investigator for the case for which Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson and two others are facing trial, says he never interrogated the accused.
According to him, he only took the charge statement, which is the statement taken from an accused.
Mr. Rockson Gyimah, who currently works at the Office of the Special Prosecutor, stressed that after the accused was charged, he has not had the opportunity to personally interview or question him on the specific allegations made against him in his (investigator’s) witness statement.
Pressed by counsel for Dr. Forson, Godwin Kudzoe Tamekloe, during cross-examination, in court on Thursday, Mr. Gyimah admitted that he had not apprised the accused of the claims contained in the witness statement to elicit his response.
Mr. Gyimah also admitted that he was not personally on the panel that took Dr. Forson’s ordinary statement on 17th November 2017.
Mr. Tamekloe: “Were you the one who took that (ordinary statement) from him?”.
Mr. Gyimah: “We are a team”
Mr. Tamekloe: “The first accused was invited to EOCO in the company of his lawyers, were you there when he came there that day?”
Mr. Gyimah: “I was engaged elsewhere.”
Mr. Tamekloe: “In fact, I would be correct to say that the day he came to EOCO in the company of his lawyers, it was your Deputy Director, Nana Antwi who did the interrogation, is that correct?”
Mr. Gyimah:” I was engaged somewhere”.
The court presided over by an Appeals Court Judge, Justice Afia Serwah Asare Botchwey, adjourned sitting for cross-examination to continue on Tuesday, February 14.
