Information gathered by The Chronicle Entertainment Desk indicates that movie icon cum businesswoman, Diamond Appiah, 36, is in police custody after being granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court yesterday.
The court, presided over by Evelyn Asamoah, granted bail to Diamond Appiah in the sum of GH¢300,000.00 with three sureties, two of whom should be public servants.
Although the bail was granted by the court at 10:00am on Tuesday, The Chronicle is highly informed that as at 11:30am today,which is over 24 hours, the accused was at the custody of the Cantonments Police Station.
It is not clear whether the accused had not been able to execute her bail bond, for which reason she is being kept in the police custody.
The sccused was put before the court on a single charge, fraudulent transaction of land, which she has pleaded not guilty.
Background
The prosecution Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Evans Kesse, informed the court, presided over by Her Honour Evelyn Asamoah yesterday that the complainant is Ayisha Modi, a Businesswoman and lives at Adjiringanor in Accra.
He added that the accused, Diamond Appiah, is also a businesswoman and stays at East Legon.
According to him, in the year 2020, the Complainant needed a plot of land to buy for a building project and discussed it with one Johnson, a Witness in this case.
He told the court that the accused, who overheard the conversation, jumped in that she has a plot of land at East Legon Hills and was willing to sell it to the complainant at a cheaper price.
DSP Kesse indicated that the accused demanded and collected cash in the sum of US$30,000.00 from the Complainant under the pretext of selling the said land to her.
 Diamond then took the Complainant to a land at East Legon Hills, but when Ayisha later visited the land, she met one Gustav, who also claimed ownership of the same land.
Unfortunately, several attempts made by the complainant to retrieve her money from the accused person prove futile.
The complainant therefore made a report to the police and accused was arrested and during investigation, it was established that the accused did not have any land at that location.
In her investigation caution statement, she admitted to the offence and she was charged with the offence and brought before the Court.
