An Accra High Court has adjourned to July 25, the case of the two teenagers alleged to be involved\u202fin the murder of 10-year-old boy at Kasoa in the Central Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court was to empanel a seven-member jury for the trial when sitting resumed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said: “The main business was for us to empanel a jury. However, the jury has been involved in several cases that are being tried within the premises. To do an effective trial, I requested for a new crop of qualified men and women who are not involved in several cases to be summoned to undertake this exercise.”\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We, therefore, need to exercise patience for the administration to take up this duty. I shall, therefore, adjourn the matter,\u201d the court said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two teenagers are being held over the death of Ishmael Mensah Abdallah who they allegedly lured into an uncompleted building and killed in April last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accused, including a minor, hit the victim’s head with a club and a cement block several times and dropped his body in a shallow hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have been charged with conspiracy and murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n