The High Court overseeing the ambulance trial involving Minority leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, has dismissed all applications sought by the MP and third accused Richard Jakpa for a mistrial and those into allegations of misconduct by Attorney-General Godfred Dame.
Both Forson and Richard Jakpa had filed separate applications asking the court to declare a mistrial, an injunction, dismiss the case altogether, and an enquiry into allegations of witness tampering against the Attorney-General.
The applications had been on the back of a tape recording allegedly implicating the AG for witness tampering and misconduct.
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However, in her ruling on Thursday, June 6, Justice Afia Asare Botwe dismissed all applications on the grounds that the Minority leader had not shown any legal provisions that guarantee a mistrial.
The judge also rejected the call for an enquiry into the witness tampering allegations, saying it lacked legal backing, but instead advised Dr, Forson to seek redress from the General Legal Council, the body that regulates the legal profession in Ghana.
Ato Forson (a former deputy finance minister) and Richard Jakpa are being prosecuted for causing a €2.37 million financial loss to the state over the importation of 200 defective ambulances in 2012.
