Accra, Dec. 21, – Prosecution
have preferred new charges against Lawrence Abrokwa, the husband of Afia
Schwarzenegger when he appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
Abrokwa is now being held on two
counts of domestic violence to wit emotional, verbal and psychological abuse,
threat of harm, assault, publication of obscene material, carrying offensive
weapon, causing unlawful damage and stealing.
He has pleaded not guilty and the
court presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin Doku asked Abrokwa to be on his
former bail that is GH₵20,000.00-bail
with three sureties, who should be gainfully employed.
The matter has been adjourned to
January 16, next year.
Prosecuting Maxwell Oppong informed
the court that the Police would like to amend the charge sheet and the court
obliged them.
Earlier Abrokwa was charged with
two counts of domestic violence, threat of harm, publication of obscene
material and assault
The Prosecution had at an earlier
sitting told the Court that the complainant, Afia Schwarzenegger, and Abrokwa
were legally married and lived together at Dome Pillar Two, a suburb of Accra,
in a house belonging to the complainant.
According to the Prosecution,
about three weeks before the domestic violence incident, Abrokwa packed his
things and left the house for Dansoman, following persistent misunderstanding
between them.
However, on August 29, this year,
Abrokwa was informed by their house help, one Afia Nyamekye, that her mistress
had a male visitor who would be spending the night with her.
The Prosecution said based on
this information, Abrokwa armed himself with a kitchen knife and a bottle
containing some liquid purported to be acid.
The prosecutor said Abrokwa
proceeded to the house of the complainant, scaled the wall and entered the
compound.
The accused found a strange
private car, which he believed to belong to the visitor parked on the compound
so he deflated two of its tyres, and entered the house through the back door,
with the assistance of the house help.
Abrokwa entered the bedroom with
his mobile on and forced the bedroom door opened and found Afia and the male
visitor in bed.
The Prosecution said Abrokwa
threatened them to stay put as he had found them for him to film them otherwise
he would pour acid on them to cause harm to their bodies.
Chief Inspector Oppong stated
that the male visitor managed to escape during the confrontation, but Afia was
prevented by Abrokwa, who ordered her to go on her knees, declaring that she
was a prostitute, while he held the bottle of the alleged acid in his hand.
Afia obliged to his instructions,
while Abrokwa continued filming the complainant in her nudity amidst pleas from
her to stop the filming.
The Prosecution said in the
process, Abrokwa assaulted Afia and chased her out of the house.
Afia run to a neighbour, who
eventually rescued and clothed her.
After the incident, the
Prosecution said Abrokwa transmitted the nude video of his wife to his second
mobile phone before reporting the matter to the Police with all the items
belonging to the visitor and the first phone used in for filming the incident.
When the complainant went to the
house later, she realised that her bedside drawer had been forced opened and $2,000.00
and £500.00 had been taken by
the accused.
Complainant reported the matter
to the Police and Abrokwa was cautioned and granted bail later.
According to Prosecution, whilst
the case was being investigated, Abrokwa transmitted the video from his phone
to Afia’s father on his phone on September 1, this year.
The video, however, went viral on
social media and the bottle containing the said acid was sent to the Ghana
Standard Authority (GSA) for examination.
On September 13, this year, the
Prosecution said the Police received a report from the GSA that the content in
the bottle was water and not acid.
GNA
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