FULL JUDGMENT: Why the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and 10 year sentence of Sedina Tamakloe | The Law Platform
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FULL JUDGMENT: Why the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and 10 year sentence of Sedina Tamakloe
The Prosecution's evidence, on a fair and unaided reading, fell short of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The shortfall was not made good by any burden properly resting on the Appellant and the trial judge's misdirection on this fundamental point goes to the very root of a fair trial. For these reasons, therefore, I am satisfied that the conviction and sentencing on all the charges including those manifestly defective charges cannot stand.
Below is the unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 30th day of July, 2026 wherein Mad. Sedina Tamakloe's conviction and sentence were quashed on grounds of an inversion of the burden of proof by the High Court and defects in the charge sheet relied on for the prosecution of Mad. Tamakloe.