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A 22-year-old mason who allegedly strangled a seven- year old girl to death after having sex with her, would be tried summarily for defilement a representative from the Attorney General (AG) office has said.
 
At the District Court on Tuesday, Mrs Francisca Tete-Mensah, a Principal State Attorney who has taken over the prosecution said the delay was due to the fact that “although the docket was forwarded to the AG’s Office it could not be traced hence the request for a copy from the Police.

Lucas Agboyie, charged with murder, has had his plea reserved when he appeared in court in April, last year.

According to her they “quickly worked on the docket and prayed the court to give them two weeks for committal”.

When the court presided over by Mr Kweku Ansah quizzed the Attorney General as how the docket was traced, the Principal State Attorney said they requested for copies.

The judge further quizzed the AG as why similar actions had not been taken in respect of other dockets before the court for over three years.

According to the judge he was going to discharge accused persons whose cases had not been attended.

“I will discharge them so that when you get enough evidence you arrest them and bring them to court.

“We have all blamed things on a certain man known as the system. We all have some difficulties. You have to find a way to resolve them.”

Mrs Tete-Mensah pleaded with the court not to discharge the accused persons as they may pose as a danger to the society.

On the last sitting Mr Worlanyo Kotoku expressed worry over the delay in the trial of the mason. 

Mr Worlanyo Kotoku noted that it had been almost a year and half since Lucas Agboyie a.k.a Sky Lover, or Sympathy’s case had been dragging on. 

Although a duplicate docket has been forwarded to the Office of the Attorney General, the court is yet to receive the advice on the case.

When the case was called, Agboyie recounted that he had regretted his deed, in the presence of the victim’s mother who attended the proceedings.

The incident took place at Kubekro No.1, near Atadeka in the Ashaiman Municipality.