My client had a bad case – Akuapem Poloo's Lawyer

Lawyer Andrew Kudzo Vortia, counsel for the jailed actress, Rosemond Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has disclosed that the latter was compelled to plead guilty because she did not have a good case.

According to the lawyer, her change of plea of “not guilty” to “guilty” was a mitigating measure to prevent her from being handed a stiffer sentence.

“When we were at the case management case stage, we evaluated all the evidence against her (pictorial) in the witness statement and we realized that we don’t have a good case. So when the case goes through full trial let’s say two or three months and she’s found culpable the sentence will be harsher than being a first-time offender pleading guilty,” he told the media after the judgement.

The social media personality Rosemond has been jailed three months.

She was convicted on charges of publication of obscene material and domestic violence.

She was found guilty of posting a nude photo of herself and her seven-year-old son on his birthday back on June 30, 2020.

The complainant in the case was Bright Appiah, who is the Director of Child Rights International Ghana.

He petitioned the police after the photo went viral on social media, and the matter was referred to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU).

She was handed her sentence today, Friday, April 16, 2021, by an Accra circuit court.

The prosecution said Rosemund after her arrest in 2020 admitted posting the nude picture with her son but insisted she did so unintentionally.

A write-up accompanying the picture read: “I am naked in front of you because this is how naked I was giving birth to you, so in case you find me lying somewhere don't pass by but see me as your mom who brought you to life.”

The prosecution held that Rosemond deliberately posted the pictures on social media.