Lawyers for one of the accused persons in the ongoing criminal trial of former Sanitation minister’s domestic workers has forcefully suggested to Madam Cecilia Dapaah that the jewelry she reported to the police as stolen, were jewelries belonging to the wife of Otumfuor Osei Tutu I and have been returned to the Manhyia palace following relentless pressure from the people of Pankronu.
Madam Cecilia Dapaah had told the court on March 12th, that her personal jewelries including diamond and gold, were part of the valuable items the accused persons stole from her storage room at her Abelenkpe residence in 2023.
In court on Monday, Augustine Gyamfi who is lawyer for the second accused person Sarah Adjei, suggested to the former minister that her late brother, who she had admitted in court was a sub chief (Numoa hene) in the Ashanti kingdom’s chieftaincy setup, unduly held on to the jewelry and passed it on to her when he died.
On her first day of testimony, the former Sanitation minister told the court that some of the valuables stolen from her storage room by her former housekeepers, are jewelries she had kept for thirty five years.
In answering the question, madam Cecilia Dapaah described the claim by the lawyer as “news”.
“My Lord this has never happened; this is news to me. This is history to me”. She told the court.
She also told the court that she does not have CCTV cameras at her residence.
When JoyNews Legal Affairs Correspondent approached the former minister for comments about the suggestions of the lawyer for the 2nd accused person, Madam Cecilia after initial hesitation, said “I answered it in court ” and then walked away with her husband.
