Wife shooting case continues on October 12

The Accra High Court was compelled to adjourn the case in which a husband is alleged to have shot his seven-month pregnant wife in the chest.

On Tuesday, July 27, when the case was called, only three out of seven jurors were in court.

Also, counsel for the accused James Anum was not in court, although the accused  Effort Dankwa was in court, hours before the scheduled time.

Mr Dankwa was expected to open his defence on Tuesday.

With his lawyer missing in action, the judge adjourned the case to October 12, 2021, to afford enough time for the legal team to adequately prepare themselves.

Why Effort Dankwa is in court

Effort Dankwa is alleged to have shot and paralysed his wife, Benita Dankwa, on August 29, 2015. He was charged with attempted murder.

He was arrested in 2016 after police investigations identified him as the prime suspect in an attack on his wife, who was then 29.

Benita was seven months pregnant at the time the incident occurred. She was shot in the chest at close range in what she believed was an attempt by her husband to kill her.

She was first taken to the Tema General Hospital because her husband failed to mention she had been shot.

The doctors at Tema General Hospital referred her to the Korle Teaching Hospital after noticing the gunshot wound.

“On August 29, 2015, when the nurses saw me, they said this is a gunshot, so they have to report the case before they operate on her,” Benita said.

She was advised to get a police report.

She survived the mysterious shooting, but the attack left her paralysed from her waist down and incapable of passing urine or faecal matter the natural way.

Her baby was also delivered prematurely via caesarean section. The boy will be six  years now.

The traumatic incident left Benita Dankwa bed-ridden for years.

Investigations by the police suggested there was no sign of forced entry. Neither was anything stolen at the night of the attack, contrary to claims by her husband that armed robbers may have broken into the house.

The only person Benita spent the night with was her husband, leaving many to wonder what could have happened on the said day.

In the course of the trial, Effort Dankwa was granted bail by a Tema High Court on January 26, 2016.

The bail bond was GHC20,000 with two sureties, one to be justified.

The case has been adjourned to October 12, 2021, for the accused to open his defence.

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