An Accra high court has dismissed a bail application filed by Jihad Chaaban, the Abelenkpe Mawarko branch manager who was charged with assault of an employee.
Chaaban was sentenced to nine months imprisonment on August 2, 2017, by the Abeka District Court after he was found guilty on the charge of causing harm and assaulting Evelyn Boakye, an employee at the Restaurant by splashing blended pepper in her eyes and calling her a prostitute.
The court presided over by Justice Ekow Baiden ruled that the Defence Counsel failed to convince the court by providing it with documents indicating the appeal process had begun and that the appeal could also succeed.
Lawyer of Jihad Chaaban had pushed that his client should be admitted to bail since he would have finished serving his sentence before the substantive appeal is heard.
The state however contended that the chances of the manager’s appeal succeeding were slim, hence bail should not be granted to the serving convict.
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The Abeka District Court gave him six months imprisonment for assault and nine months for causing harm after it had found him guilty on the two charges. However, the sentences were to run concurrently.
It, however, discharged him on the charge of offensive conduct.
The Court presided over by Victoria Ghansah, said the prosecution had proven beyond every reasonable doubt that the accused committed the offense.
The sentence, the court noted should serve as a deterrent to supervisors and employers who mistreat their subordinates.
The court further rejected the terms of the settlement by the two parties presented by the Defence; stating the matter before the court was a criminal one and not a civil one.
Chaaban, on February 28, this year, allegedly grabbed the neck of Ms. Boakye angrily and dipped her face into a full jar of blended pepper.
He reportedly accused her of fidgeting with the blender and working slowly.Â
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