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Three �Sakawa� boys from Agona Swedru have appeared before the Winneba District Magistrate Court for assaulting two senior officers of the Winneba Municipal Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU). The Officers are the Municipal MTTU Commander, ASP John Paul Akonde and Sergeant Peter Appiah Mireku of the Unit. The Sakawa boys are Ato Jefferson 20, unemployed, Ashley Walter 29, trader and Daniel Nyamekye 21, also unemployed. The three accused persons pleaded not guilty and were granted bail in the sum of GH�5,000.00 each with two sureties to be justified to re-appear in court on 14 January, 2014. The Police in Winneba had mounted a search for two other accomplices now on the run. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector William Akannah told the court presided over by Mr Charles Owusu Nsiah that the complainant was Winneba MTTU Commander and his subordinate Sgt. Appiah Mireku of the same Unit. He said on December 10, 2013, the Commander and his Officer were en route to Winneba Junction and on reaching Kings and Queens drinking bar, there was an accident involving two cars. The Prosecutor said Sgt. Appiah Mireku alighted upon instruction from the Commander to inquire about the cause of the accident. Chief Inspector Akannah said that all of sudden, the accused persons jumped on Sgt. Appiah Mireku and started manhandling him so the Commander intervened. The prosecutor said one accused person slapped ASP Akonde after the other accomplice had head-butted him, resulting in a deep cut on his forehead. He said the accused persons attempted to escape following the incidence but with assistance from some good Samaritans they were arrested. The prosecutor said ASP Akonde was rushed to the Trauma and Specialist Hospital where he was admitted for two days.