Akuapem poloo’s 90-day jail term quashed; fined GH12K

An Appeals Court has quashed Akuapem Poloo’s 90-day jail term and has ordered her to pay a fine of GHc12,000 (1000 penalty).

This was after her lawyers filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal challenging the dismissal of her appeal by the High Court.

Rosemond Alade Brown aka Akuapem Poloo was asked by the Accra High Court to continue her 90 day jail term.

She appeared in court after allegedly displaying her naked picture together with her son on social media.

Poloo was charged with publication of obscene material, two counts of engaging in domestic violence, pleaded guilty after pleading not guilty from the onset.

Poloo was, however, granted bail in the sum of GHS 100,000 with four sureties, two to be justified with landed property worth GHS100, 000 after serving few days out of the 90-day jail term.

Lawyers for Poloo appealed against her sentence arguing that it was harsh considering that fact that she was a first time offender and she had pleaded guilty.

Poloo in her application for bail, contended that her days of incarceration was so short and if not admitted to bail immediately, by the time the appeal was heard, she would have finished serving her sentence.

In her substantive appeal, she prayed the High Court to convict her to a fine instead of serving a custodial sentence.

But the High Court in Accra dismissed the appeal filed by Akuapem Poloo which sought to challenge the 90-day jail term handed to her by the Accra Circuit Court.
She was then sent back to jail on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.

But on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021, the court reversed the 90-day jail sentence and imposed the GHC12,000 fine on her.

Poloo will therefore be released after paying the said amount.