Tears, cries for forgiveness and anguish were the order of the day when actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, aka Akuapem Poloo, was sentenced to 90 days imprisonment by the Accra Circuit Court for publishing her nude picture in which she was standing beside her son on social media.
“Mummy please, mummy, I beg you, mummy please,” she sobbed and begged the presiding judge, Ms Christiana Cann, to forgive her.
Her cries, and pleas from her lawyer, Mr Andrew Vortia, and other lawyers in the courtroom, were, however, not enough to stop the court from slapping a custodial sentence on her.
The judge held that it was necessary to impose a custodial sentence on Akuapem Poloo to serve as a deterrent to those who continue to post obscene images.
She stated that the prevalence of publication of materials had the potential to corrupt public morals, affect the best interest of children, violate the right to privacy, as well as the country’s moral image needed to be curbed.
Guilty
The actress pleaded guilty to publication of obscene material contrary to the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), engaging in domestic violence, namely a conduct that, in any way, undermined another person’s privacy or integrity, contrary to Section 1(d) (iii) and 3(2) of the Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (Act732), and engaging in domestic violence, namely conduct that, in any way, detracted or was likely to detract from another person’s dignity and worth as a human being, contrary to Act 732.
She was sentenced on her own plea, 90 days for each count, to run concurrently.
Brown had initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, but changed her plea to guilty last Tuesday.
The court, however, deferred the sentencing to yesterday to allow for a pregnancy test to be conducted on the convict in compliance with section 313A (1) of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act30).
Source: graphic.com
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