Lawyer slams police for dropping 'woman beater' case

The lawyer for the woman assaulted by a police officer has disputed claims that the victim was unavailable to help in the prosecution.

The accused, Frederick Amanor Skalla, was discharged by the court for what has been described as want of prosecution.

According to reports, the victim has been unavailable to help the police in investigations and also appear in court to testify, hence making the prosecution of the case difficult.

However, in a strongly worded response, private legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini, who helped the victim pursue a civil case against the savings and loans company where the assault occurred, has refuted the argument of the police.

The explanation according to the lawyer has suggested that the police are up to mischief.

Mr. Anyenini said her client had received a call from the police one afternoon to appear in court in Accra the following morning.

This was, however, a grave inconvenience since she was in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, 248.3 km away in from the capital where she is nursing her sister who has suffered a stroke.