The Guide

Angry judge rejects meat bribe

According to the Guide, an attempt by the Oguaa Traditional Council to influence a female High Court judge with a piece of meat in a case involving the council, was not only rejected but shown to the open court to the surprise and amusement of the crowded court.

The paper says that Mr Justice Heward-Mills, the presiding judge, ruled against the Traditional Council and the Omanhene, Osabarima Kwesi Atta, when Ekow Garbrah and five others prayed the court to restrain the Council and the Omanhene from performing the final funeral rights of the late Omanhene.

The Guide says a day before the judgment, a parcel of meat was sent to the judge by the Traditional Council ostensibly to influence him.

The judge, the paper says, expressed shock and anger at their action and carried the meat to the court the following day as evidence that the Traditional Council wanted to pervert justice.

The paper says that despite the courts ruling, the Council went ahead with the funeral rites last weekend.