Accra High Court Limits Jurors In Major Mahama Case To Below 48

An Accra High Court has advised that members forming the jury in the trial of the alleged killers of Major Maxwell Mahama should not be more than fifty-eight years of age. 

The Presiding Judge, Mariama Owusu said should the trial prolong for two or more years, it will not be healthy for the case, as by that time, members of jury would have attained their retirement ages.

The Court however asked for thirteen to fifteen persons not more than fifty-eight years to empanel the jury. 

The Court also asked the Lawyer for some of the accused persons, George Bernard Shaw, to help look for Lawyers for the five accused persons who do not have Lawyers.
 
The Court said if by the next adjourned date they have still not gotten Lawyers, it will not hesitate to assign them some.

The five accused persons who do not have Lawyers are Kofi Nyame, Joseph Appiah, Bismark Abangah, Kwajo Anima and John Boasi. 

The case has been adjourned to the 21st of this month.
	
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the family of the late Major Maxwell Mahama, Zakaria Sakarah Ahmed, told the media that they expected more than fourteen people to be prosecuted, looking at the number of persons who carried out the act in the video.

Mr. Sakarah Ahmed said although the court procedure is slow, the family hopes justice would be administered to its logical conclusion.

He also hinted that preparations are underway to mark the one year anniversary of the passing of the Major Mahama. 

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