Actress Rosemond Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has been sentenced to 90 days imprisonment by the Circuit Court in Accra.
She was sentenced to 90 days on each count, however, the sentence must run concurrently, the court said.
This means she will only serve 90 days jail term which is three months.
The Court presided over by Her Honour Mrs Christiana Cann, said such cases are becoming prevalent in society and institutions including the court must act.
The court said it took into consideration all the pleas for mitigation before arriving at the decision.
EIB Network’s Court Correspondent Murtala Inusah reports that Akuapem Poloo who was sobbing all day broke down in tears in the courtroom when she was sentenced.
Prior to her sentencing, the court said, the result of her pregnancy test was negative.
Background
Akuapem Poloo was on last Wednesday convicted on her own plea by the Circuit Court in Accra after pleading guilty to charges.
She was slapped with three charges including publication of nude materials with her seven-year-old son which she pleaded not guilty when she was first arraigned but changed her plea on Wednesday.
The court presided over by Her Honour Christina Cann’s court deferred her sentencing to today, April 16, 2021 for her to undergo a pregnancy test to ensure she was not pregnant before her sentencing is passed.
The pregnancy test ordered by the court is a requirement by law to ensure that, before a woman who pleaded guilty in court is sentenced, the should know her status.
She was therefore remanded into custody for the prosecution to take her to any Government hospital to conduct the preganacy test and produce the results today.
Charges
The outspoken actress is facing three charges of publication of obscene materials, engaging in domestic violence, a conduct that in any way undermines another person’s privacy or integrity and engaging in domestic violence namely conduct that in any way detracts or is likely to detract from another person’s dignity and worth as a human being.
Rosemond who had displayed her naked picture with her son on social media on June 30, 2020 pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
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