Wontumi should not be made a sacrificial lamb to deter illegal mining – Atta Akyea
Speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday, July 25, Atta Akyea criticised the trial judge's reliance on deterrence in sentencing, insisting that Wontumi should not be singled out to send a broader message against illegal mining. "The judge said something you should pay attention to — deterrence. You cannot use Wontumi as a sacrificial lamb to address a larger problem," he said.
- ▪Speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday, July 25, Atta Akyea criticised the trial judge's reliance on deterrence in sentencing, insisting that Wontumi should not be singled out to send a broader message against illegal mining.
- ▪"The judge said something you should pay attention to — deterrence.
- ▪You cannot use Wontumi as a sacrificial lamb to address a larger problem," he said.
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Lead counsel for Chairman Wontumi, Samuel Atta Akyea, has indicated that his client's 20-year prison sentence will be challenged on appeal, describing the punishment as excessively harsh and arguing that deterrence alone cannot justify such a lengthy custodial term. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid'); }); His comments follow the sentencing of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years' imprisonment over illegal mining activities on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region.
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