Charles Quansah Appeals

Charles Ebo Quansah, 35, the convicted and self-confessed serial killer has filed a notice of appeal against his conviction describing it as a, "grave miscarriage of justice."

Quansah, who is currently awaiting his execution at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons said in his grounds of appeal that, "the conviction was wrong in law."

He said: "the trial judge misdirected the jury on the defence of the appellant and thereby occasioned a grave miscarriage of justice."

Quansah who was convicted to death by hanging on the 7th of August this year said, "the trial erred by directing the jury to disregard the evidence of Defence Witness (DW) 3."

The notice stated that further grounds of appeal would be filed upon receipt of the record of proceedings. Quansah would be represented in court by his counsel, Mr. Joseph Amui. The Attorney-General's Department is expected to be represented by the Chief State Attorney, Mr. Anthony Gyambiby.

A seven-member jury in August this year unanimously established that Quansah was guilty of murder. Subsequently, he was condemned to death by hanging by an Accra High Court.

DW 3, one Asare who claimed to have been in police custody with Quansah was not called during the mini trial of the convict. The court said the date DW 3 gave that he was in cells with Quansah was contradictory.

Police statement report said Quansah has confessed killing one Akua Serwaa in Kumasi on January 19, 1996. The facts of the matter are that at about 8 a.m on January 20, 1996 a watchman at the Kumasi Stadium went out to inspect a newly built kiosk near the stadium.

On reaching the place, the watchman found the body of a lady lying near a bush. He subsequently reported to the police and a pathologist's report confirmed that the deceased died of unnatural causes.

After the body of the deceased had been identified by her sister, police investigations showed that the deceased had visited her boyfriend's (Quansah's) restaurant the previous night. This led to the arrest of Quansah.