Kwaw Kese fraud case still pending

The trial of one of Ghana’s renowned hip-life artistes, Emmanuel Botchway aka Kwaw Kesse who is accused of fraud, entered its second day on May 13 at an Accra High Court. 

Kesse was dragged to court for allegedly defrauding his ex-lover of 7,000 pounds sterling.

The money was supposed to have been used on a building at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. 

He has denied the charge of fraud and was on a GH 15,000 cedis bail.  

Answering questions under cross examination by Naa Norley Tetteh, Ms. Happi Chappell, told the court that she visited Ghana on a number of occasions and the last trip to Ghana was on January this year.

She said she arrived in the country on board a Ghana International Airline (GIA) flight on January 4, this year and Kesse, in the company of some friends picked her up at the airport. 

Ms. Chappell contended that she gave Kesse 7,000 pounds which were in 50 notes. 

According to the complainant, she lodged at Torica Lodge, Spintex, where she stayed for four weeks and three days. 

She said after handing over the money to Kesse, she depended on friends and some remittances from the United Kingdom. 

Complainant, after taking a bill from Torica Hotel, denied that, she booked the hotel explaining that, it was Kesse who took her to the hotel. 

Police Inspector Jubiok Michaels, earlier told the court that, until that case, Kesse and Ms Chappell were “good lovers” in 2008, she (the complainant) decided to develop her plot of land at Prampram after the two had visited the site.

Prosecution said, in January this year, Ms. Chappell returned from the United Kingdom and gave 7,000 pounds to Kesse but he refused to use the money for the project. 

After several attempts to collect her money, she lodged a complainant with the Police and he was arrested.

During Police interrogation, Kesse admitted having received 1,000 pounds and not 7,000 pounds.

Source: GNA/citifmonline.com