Akuapem Poloo Granted Bail

Rosemond Brown, known in showbiz as Akuapem Poloo, has been granted bail by the Criminal Division of the High Court pending an appeal filed by her lawyer against her 90-day jail sentence.

This follows her arrest a few days ago after being convicted on her own plea by the court after pleading guilty to charges against her.

She was granted bail in the sum of GHS80,000 with two sureties.

However, she is expected to report to the case investigator every two weeks and to deposit her passport with the registrar of the court.

Akuapem Poloo was handed a 90-day/3-months jail term for publishing obscene material and violating the dignity and integrity of her 7-year-old son in a nude photo she posted social media.

Some celebrities protested her freedom and also signed a petition in a bid to have her freed.

Her lawyer, Andrew Vortia had made a mitigation plea to ask for a more lenient punishment, maintaining that the custodial sentence handed out was harsh.

“The mitigating factors in her favour are greater than the aggravating factors. When you consider this offence, it is not rape. It is not murder. It is a misdemeanor in which she could have been dealt with lightly,” he said.

The lawyer also questioned the lack of concern for Rosemond Brown’s seven-year-old son.

“Social welfare should have been bought in. We are protecting the child. The mother is gone, so who takes care of the child? Absolutely nothing was done to that effect,” Mr. Andrew said.

The judge, Christina Cann, bemoaned the spate of nudity on the Ghanaian social media space when she handed the sentence on Friday.

According to her, the punishment meted out to Rosemond Brown must serve as a deterrent to others.