SC prohibits High Court from sentencing Akwatia MP

The Supreme Court has prohibited the Koforidua High Court from sentencing Akwatia MP Ernest Kumi until it determines an appeal application on the conviction of contempt made against him by the High Court.

This effectively stays efforts by the High Court to sentence the MP following a conviction for contempt which conviction is being questioned at the Supreme Court.

Fears that Mr. Kumi would be sentenced have now been laid to rest as the Supreme interrogates the processes that took place at the high court.

The Supreme Court has further requested all interested parties to make submissions on whether or not the court should grant Mr. Kumi a hearing while the conviction by the High Court subsists. Hearing for this application has been adjourned to March 12.