Ghanaian musician Eugene Ashie known in showbiz as Wisa Greid has pleaded with an Accra Circuit Court to give him more time to raise GHS8, 400 being the convicted fine slapped at him by the court for gross indecency.
Lawyer for Wisa, Jerry Avenogbor pleaded with the court to accept GHS5,000 as immediate part payment with a promise to clear the balance in a week.
This was after the court convicted Wisa to the fine or in default serve two years in jail.
Accra FM’s Ama Brako reported on Monday, 30 April that trial judge, Justice Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, said Wisa did not show any remorse for his offence but she nonetheless did not impose custodial sentence on him.
The judge said from the video evidence viewed in court, it was manifest that Wisa displayed his penis to the general public with visible pubic hair. She said the charge of gross indecent exposure would serve as a deterrent to other artistes.
For his inability to immediately pay the fine, he was handcuffed and whisked away by three armed policemen.
Background
Wisa was dragged to court after he flashed his manhood on live stage during Citi FM’s Decemba2Rememba concert in 2015. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest in May this year after failing to appear in court for the trial. His lawyer has always argued that his client may have flashed an artificial male appendage rather than his real organ.
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What purpose will it serve for sending him to cells? Is it not taking the police away from vital work? Fuel to drive him there and to occupy much needed space? This is only I will show you where power lies syndrome. Collect the part payment and give him sometime to pay the rest.
His lawyer was very poor in handling the case. How could you even start to argue he could have flashed an artificial manhood given the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Instead of entering a plea bargain and urging remorse you are fruitlessly trying to prove his innocence whilst he goes about displaying arrogance! He was lucky to avoid custodial sentence
BLACK AVENUE MANAGEMENT WHERE ARE YOU?D.BLACK SORT YOUR GUY OUT.ASAP.
Judges are quick to pass judgement on the ordinary citizen but take years to say a word about politician and the rich. double salary, woyome, bost, what happened? thank God I never vote and will not vote for any party in Ghana.
Sad? check an interview he granted to joyfm somewhere last week. He claimed he was not scared of going to prison or being punished. Anyway, his Black Avenue Management Team should raise the money for his freedom. Siaa saa no nxt time
musicians should come together to bail him out. if he dies right now you will see how they would all be trooping his house to give his family condolences and dishing out money
sad