Family of killed Achimota student urges state to appeal court ruling

The family of late Lily Donkor, the Achimota student, who was shot dead by her colleague is urging the state to appeal a High Court decision which discharged the juvenile convict.

Lily Donkor’s family says the Accra High Court’s ruling is a travesty of justice.

An aunty of the deceased, Peggy Ama Donkor, a staff of Ghana Broadcasting Coporation, told an Accra TV "Joy News", that the family of the juvenile, appear to have taken advantage of technicalities to set their son free.

The discharge of the convict has left the family pretty much in shock now as they were when Lily Donkor was shot.

The convict, Gerald Anaman was alleged to have accidentally shot Lily who had paid him a visit at his father's residence. The incident happened in January 2017.

Master Anaman was subsequently convicted on the charge of manslaughter by a juvenile court and handed a three-year jail term.

However, on Monday, an Accra High Court set aside the judgment by the Juvenile court.

The High Court said there was a miscarriage of justice because the juvenile court delivered a verdict without waiting for a social enquiry report.

The jail term was imposed in September 2017 by a Juvenile court presided over by Bernardine S.A Senoo.

He found the SHS student guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to three years imprisonment at a correctional Home.

But the latest ruling has left the Donkor family unhappy.

Speakeaing to GBCONLINE, Peggy Ama Donkor said the family is heading back to Court again this morning, Tuesday, Febuary 20, 2018.