ABLADE KUMAH IN POLICE GRIP OVER ASSAULT OF FEMALE FRIEND, GRAPHIC SPORTS, FRI MARCH 11, 2011 (BACK PAGE)

Story: Della Russel Ocloo, Tema

EX-BLACK star player and former captain of Accra Hearts of Oak, Ablade Kumah has been granted bail to the tune of GHC1,000 with a surety for an alledged case of assault by the Tema District Magistrate Court.
The accused, 38 and a resident of Tema Community 3 was alledged to have brutally assaulted his 48year old girlfriend, Theresa Quayson on December 28,2010.
He pleaded not guilty to the offence when he appeared before the court presided over by Mrs Johana Yankson and would re-appear on April 7th 2011.
Counsel for accused, Mr Yaw Awuku Asabre pleaded for bail arguing that, accuse was a modest person with a permanent place of abode and would avail himself accordingly.
Presenting the facts of the case, the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Emmanuel Addae told the court, the complainant, is a Tema based businesswoman who has been in a relationship with the accused- a married-man for the past 15years. He said Ablade on December 28 invited the complainant out on a dinner date set at 10pm.
He indicated that the accuse in an attempt to ensure the complainant was on time placed a telephone call to prompt her of which she failed to answer nor returns several calls placed to her phone.
Explaining further, Inspector Addae indicated that, the accuse person who became worried at the turn of events proceeded to the complainant’s residence at community, also in Tema.
“It was on his way to community two that he spotted the complainant engaged in a conversation with her ex-boyfriend close to a friend’s residence at Italian Flats”, the prosecution stated.
Accused who according to the prosecutor was using the services of a taxicab approached the complainant’s partner and dragged complaint into the vehicle after he had sought permission to take her away.
Ablade, the prosecutor assaulted the complainant when the taxicab took off towards his Community 3 residence, forcing the complainant to bite his stomach in self defence.
Inspector Addae said, the complainant upon arrival at Ablade’s residence held onto the vehicle and in the ensuing struggle with accuse, the driver of the taxicab drove off dragging her along thus injuring her in the process.
She subsequetly reported to the Tema Division of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) who effected his arrest and put him before court after medical reports revealed the complainant was assaulted.