Lawyers for incarcerated repented priestess, Patricia Aseidua aka Agraada, have filed an appeal against her 15-year imprisonment by the circuit court last Thursday. According to application filed on Monday morning, the July 3, judgement, was harsh and excessive.
The Circuit Court, 10, Accra, presided over by Madam Evelyn Asamoah on July 3, 2025, convicted and sentenced the Petitioner, Patricia Aseidua also known as Nana Agraada to a 15-year jail term in hard labor, on charges of One count of charlatanic advertisement in newspapers contrary to section 137(1) of the Criminal Offenses Act 1960 Act 29. Two counts of defrauding by false pretense contrary to Section 131(1) of the Criminal Offenses Act 1960 Act 29.
According to the application, the petitioner Agraada is aggrieved by the conviction and sentence by the Circuit Court, and prays for an Order against both Conviction and Sentence on the grounds that the conviction and sentence should be set aside as the judgment is unreasonable and cannot be supported by the evidence on record.
Secondly that the whole trial is wrong in law. Per the Particulars of error, the trial judge denied the petitioner fair trial by calling her to prove her innocence when prosecution led no or insufficient evidence, contrary to Article 19(2)(c) of the 1992 Constitution.
Also that the trial judge demonstrated manifest bias and personal animosity towards the petitioner by persistently engaging in confrontations, harrassment, and intimidation of the accused’s lawyers in open court thereby denying her adequate and effective representation.
The sentence of fifteen years in hard labor is harsh and excessive taking into consideration the circumstance of the case.
