A 39 year self imposed lawyer has been busted in an ongoing murder trial at the Nyinahin Magistrate Court in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
The suspect, Kyei Baffour was arrested on the orders of the trial Judge, Her Lordship Vera Victoria Akonu.
According to reports, the suspect was a counsel in an ongoing murder case before the court. It continues that the conduct of the suspect caused the presiding Judge to be suspicious of his credibility as a certified lawyer.
A thorough investigation was carried out at the Ghana Bar Association and the General Legal Council to ascertain his claims as a certified lawyer but was revealed that he had not been called to the Bar.
The suspect is said to have given his Bar number as EAR 21053/21 and had claimed that he was called to the Bar in 2015.
Upon further interrogation, Kyei Baffour admitted to not being a lawyer but stated that he has some knowledge in law having studied same in California in the USA.
According to the suspect, he ever passed the entrance examination into the Ghana School of Law but discontinued the programme along the way.
Source: Ashantibiz
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