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The
verdict
involving
two
teenagers
charged
with
conspiracy
and
murder
of
10-year-old
Ishmael
Mensah
Abdella
has
been
deferred
again
due
to
the
strike
action
by
jurors.
The
strike
which
began
on
May
16
is
to
protest
unpaid
allowances
spanning
10
months.
The
trial
which
is
in
its
final
stages
has
been
delayed
due
to
continuous
adjournments.
What
remains
to
be
done
as
far
as
this
case
is
concerned
is
closing
addresses
by
the
prosecution
and
defendant’s
lawyers
as
well
as
the
summing
up
by
the
judge
for
the
jury
to
conclude
and
present
their
verdict.
The
case
has
however
suffered
two
adjournmentsso
far:
first
on
May
7
and
then
subsequently
on
June
24.
When
the
case
was
called
on
Monday,
July
8,
the
jurors
were
once
again
absent
from
court,
staying
the
hand
of
the
judge
from
progressing
on
that
front.
The
18-year-old
second
accused
made
his
first
appearance
after
being
transferred
into
prison
custody
by
Justice
Lydia
Osei
Marfo.
The
15-year-old
first
accused
was
however
absent
despite
his
lawyers
informing
the
court
that
he
was
enroute.
A
senior
State
Attorney
notified
the
court
that
family
of
the
deceased
had
been
bereaved
and
hence
could
not
be
present
in
the
court
and
prayed
for
an
adjournment.
The
judge
granted
the
request
and
adjourned
proceedings
to
July
23.
Other
cases
impacted
by
the
jurors’
strike
include
the
murder
trial
of
former
Abuakwa
North
MP,
J.B
Danquah,
Gregory
Afoko
case
and
the
Abessim
murder
trial.
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