Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. is pleading with State authorities not to punish Josephine Panyin Mensah, the suspect in the fake pregnancy story.
Mrs. Panyin Mensah was arraigned before the Takoradi Circuit Court for charges of deceit of public officer, publication of false news with intent to cause fear and panic.
She has been granted bail to the sum of GHC 50,000 but is still in Police custody for not being able to meet the bail conditions.
Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' programme, Kwesi Pratt appealed to the authorities to take the woman through psychological therapy to assess her mental health.
To him, Mrs. Panyin Mensah is only a disturbed woman caught up in a difficult situation, so doesn't deserve prosecution.
"Maybe if this woman undergoes psychological evaluation, we will realize she needs help. Maybe she hasn't balanced well. Because if you do a psychological evaluation, you will know she doesn't have to go to court but rather take her to the hospital. These are the small things we should consider so that you don't punish innocent people. For all you know, this is an innocent woman.
"If she's disturbed, why do you punish her for being disturbed. Do you get punished when you contract malaria? . . . Let's ensure we don't worsen the woman's condition," he told host Kwami Sefa Kayi.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Primitiveness, illiteracy, hypocrisy, bitterness borne out of witchcraft have rendered our society STATIC. Kwasi Prat. Do we tag goat ***barred word*** and rape as mentally disturb??? What kind of a person are you?? Prat??
WAS SHE EQUALLY DISTURBED WHEN SHE DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO REAPPEAR AND BE "FOUND" WITHOUT A BABY.... PLEASE LET THE LAW DEAL WITH HER, AND VERY SEVERELY FOR THAT MATTER.
Kwesi Pratt is a hypocrite of higher order. Any act that cannot affect NPP government Pratt will generalize it sympathize with those who acted unlawfully. Check ***barred word*** and Google Pratt and listen to him very well. He is a threat to national security period.
Mr Fix the country Akwasi Pratt Jnr, you are inconsistent and hypocrite. Fixing the country includes allowing the laws to work. Stop pleading and let the laws work so that Ghana can also be compared to the advance countries. People intentionally commit crimes and when they are caught, they concult cork and bull stories to make their stories sad and palatable. Then you will see big men in society and the so-called human rights activists trying to defend and apologize. Do you know the cost the nation has incurred on this case?, Do you know the insults and negative publications our president and the security Agencies have suffered?, Do you know the bad image the nation has suffered internationally? Masa just keep mute and keep your apology to yourself and allow the laws to work to serve as deterrent to others. The woman is alleged to have even challenged the police during her first appearance in court despite the information that she willingly confessed in the of her husband and mother so she knows what she is doing. No one should issue a fake report that she has mental problem because she is not mentally challenged, she knows what she is doing