A serving Fire Service Officer, Emmanuel Ayitah Quansah, has been sentenced to two days imprisonment for beating up a court bailiff.
The convict pounced on the bailiff while attempting to serve court processes on him, which he refused to accept and was, therefore, thrown at him.
He was sentenced for being in contempt of court by an Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Sarah Aryee. Emmanuel is a respondent in an ongoing case and refused to accept the process being served on him because the Bailiff should have served him at his office.
The court held that counsel for the Judicial Service had informed them (courts) about how bailiffs were constantly assaulted.
“This canker has to be nipped in the bud. The respondent is found guilty of contempt of court, since he failed to purge himself when the court gave him the opportunity to do so before the court.
“The respondent is sentenced to a Custodial Sentence of two days imprisonment,” the court rules. The substantive matter is adjourned to July 24, 2023.
