Court orders police to find out gender of accused
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the police to find out the gender of an accused individual to resolve whether or not to put them in a male or feminine cell.
The order got here after Christabel Suphiar Sarkodie Tuffour, who confronted 5 counts of defrauding by false pretences, appeared in court docket.
She allegedly collected a complete of €42,889, £8,500, $5,000, and GH¢230,000 from 15 people, promising to help them in acquiring visas to Germany and Canada.
Tuffour, a radiologist, claimed that she handed the cash over to at least one Ebenezer, however he denied receiving any funds, in keeping with the prosecution.
She refused a police inspection to substantiate her gender, resulting in confusion in court docket, the place she was initially addressed as male.
Due to this uncertainty, the court docket ordered the police to make clear her gender.
The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Ramatu Asumah, revealed that the complainants have been younger people looking for to journey overseas for higher alternatives.
Tuffour, whereas finding out in Europe, had falsely claimed to have labored with the German Immigration Service in Frankfurt.
She and her confederate Ebenezer, who had no expertise in journey and tourism, deceived the complainants into believing they may assist safe visas.
Ebenezer launched the complainants to Tuffour, additional solidifying the phantasm of legitimacy.
Tuffour supplied her checking account particulars to a few of the victims, whereas others paid her in individual throughout conferences in Osu and at Lancaster Hotel.
She additionally organized a faux marriage to Kwasi Gyimah on the La Nkwantanang District Court, claiming it will assist safe a spousal visa upon her return to Germany.
Through these techniques, Tuffour efficiently obtained giant sums of cash from the 15 complainants.
After her arrest, she admitted in her warning assertion to handing the funds to Ebenezer, though he denied receiving them.
Source: GNA
