Founding father of the Heaven Means Champion Worldwide Ministry (HWCIM), Patricia Asiedua, often known as Agradaa, has appealed towards her 15-years sentence on the Excessive Courtroom in Accra.
She stated the sentence handed down by Circuit Courtroom in Accra was unreasonable and never supported by the proof on file.
Asiedua can also be arguing that the trial circuit decide demonstrated manifest bias and personal animosity in the direction of her by persistently participating in confrontations, harassment, and intimidation of her attorneys in open courtroom, thereby denying her enough and efficient illustration.
The appealant additionally indicated that the sentence of 15 years in onerous labour was harsh and excessive taking into account the circumstance of the case.
On July 3, the Circuit Courtroom in Accra, presided over by Mrs Evelyn Asamoah, sentenced the self-styled evangelist to fifteen years in jail after she was discovered responsible on a number of counts of defrauding by false pretence and charlatanic commercials in newspapers.
Mrs Asiedua used her church to defraud members of the general public underneath the guise of “cash doubling.”
Earlier than passing sentence, the decide ordered that being pregnant check be carried out on her.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Haligah advised the courtroom that on October 10, 2022, the complainants reported to the police that Mrs Asiedua demanded and obtained cash from them underneath the pretext of giving them numerous sums of monies in return.
He stated upon the receipt of the report, police commenced investigations into the matter which led to the arrest of the convict.
BY MALIK SULLEMANA
