COURT IN TURMOIL“Good morning, my lord. I am Ryan and I am here to represent the five persons accused as their state attorney, master Eddy Blankson and his friends. I will start off by acknowledging the fact that the prosecution had dropped some of the charges that were levelled against my client as of the last time the court was in session, which had been raised again in this session. And I did not quite understand why there was a change in the number of charges being levelled against my client in two different court sessions in succession. This is a clear breach of the law and I believe that your honour has to take charge and see to it that the other charges are being taken down. Considering the fact that it was not part of the original charges levelled against my clients.” The lawyer said and paused, looking around the courtroom and then at the judge.Everyone went quiet in a courtroom as the lawyer waited for an answer from the judge. Judge Grant looked at the lawyer and shook

PRESENT FACTS“Sounds like I have answered your question. Let us continue with the proceedings. I will give each and every one of you five minutes to respond to or clear any doubts from your opponent, and then, after that, we will call out the witnesses to come and stand in a box so we can cross-examine them and continue from there. So let us begin with the plaintiff. You have got five minutes, starting now,” Judge Grant said, gesturing at Mr David to speak.Mr David stood up from his seat, took a quick glance at the defendant, and then at the judge before speaking. "Your honour, I would like to clear up a few things my colleague here might have been confused about. I am going to address a few points he made, and I am going to start addressing them one after the other within the five-minute time limit. So, here we go…My lord, let me start from where my learned colleague said that his clients are all very innocent of all the allegations being given to him. Firstly, he mentioned tha

COURT IN SESSIONHe continued reading out the defendant's words to make his point.“‘This is clear to state that Mr and Mrs Anderson didn't find the need to report to the police about the issue regarding their daughter for reasons best known to them, and that could only mean one thing: there was no critical situation to begin with.’That is what my opponent said.Your honour, as I mentioned earlier, my client went home that day and went to her room, locking herself in.Her parents only found out about the situation the next day, and in all logic and sense, when you find someone unable to speak and practically dying, the first place you take her is the hospital, not the police.I agree the police should have been involved at some point, but it is clear my client's parents were concerned for her health, and that is why they took her to the hospital instead of the police.It is common sense to seek medical care for your daughter before going to the police; in cases where the real emergen

TIME TO CONFIRM THE TRUTHIke paused to catch his breath.He swapped the paper in his hand and resumed his reading.“My Lord, continuing, the fourth piece of evidence concerns the contractual agreement between Mr Ethan Stone and Mr Anderson, the father of Miss Keziah Anderson.The document sets out the treatment plan and process for Miss Keziah's disease, with an effective start date. According to the document, Mr Ethan Stone entered into an agreement with Miss Keziah Anderson's parents to heal her of her ailment in return for a particular amount of money and with a few terms and conditions. That document has also been submitted to the court today as evidence.The fifth piece of evidence submitted was from the hospital where Miss Keziah was supposedly taken when her parents found out she had the ailment.There are two documents in this case. One contains the hospital logbook of when exactly Miss Keziah Anderson was brought in, including her state when she was brought into the hospital

MAN OF THE MOMENTKeziah continued with her narration.“When he finally untied me, I saw three men with him in the room, and they were staring at me with smiling faces….” Keziah could not complete her sentence as Mr David quickly interrupted her."Can you hold it there for a minute for me?" Mr David asked."Ms Keziah, would you be able to identify these three men when you see them?"Keziah nodded in the affirmative. "Yes, I can," she answered."Are they here in the court today?"She nodded again. "Yes, they are.""Can you point to those three men you saw with your then boyfriend, please?" Mr David asked her.She nodded and pointed in the direction of the defence. "The first three people sitting right beside Eddy are the same people I saw when the blindfold was removed," she responded.Mr David smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Ms Keziah. My Lord, let it be on record that my client has been able to identify the three men she saw when she was finally free to see. This goes on to confirm th