Accra High Court Finally Sentenced Abesim Murder Case of Richard Appiah into Life Imprisonment after 5 years trial.
Accra High Court Finally Sentenced Abesim Murder Case of Richard Appiah into Life Imprisonment after 5 years trial. The Accra High Court has sentenced a former footballer and accused in the Abesim murder trial, Richard Appiah, to life imprisonment. A seven-member jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict after the trial of the former footballer, who was found to have killed two children at Abesim in the Bono Region and stored the remains of one of them in a refrigerator. The trial which started in 2021 resulted in the prosecution relying on the testimonies of five witnesses. The convict, pleaded guilty with a defense of insanity. During the trial, his lawyers told the court that at the time of the killing, he was suffering from schizophrenia. Prosecution however rebutted the reasoning, citing that an insane person would not hide the bodies and attempt to destroy evidence. He was declared fit to stand trial after a psychiatric evaluation though he was at one point deemed un...