Josephine, The Woman Who Faked Her Kidnap In Takoradi Fined Ghs7.2K
A GH7,200.00 punishment has been imposed on the woman involved in the contentious false kidnapping and pregnancy case in Takoradi.
On Thursday, November 17, 2022, Josephine Panyin Mensah was fined by the Takoradi Circuit Court, presided over by His Worship Michael Kwadwo.
The penalty is due to the spread of fake news.
She was cleared by the court of the second accusation of deceiving a public official, nevertheless.
Josephine Panyin Mensah’s reported kidnapping story made headlines in September of last year, worrying both her family and the nation.
She was dumb, disheveled, and devoid of any indication that she was pregnant when she was discovered at Axim, some distance from Takoradi.
After Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah revealed the infant was taken away by her suspected kidnappers on the same day she supposedly gave birth, the claims that she did so were investigated.
There was no pregnancy, and the kidnapping incident was manufactured, according to the Minister’s report on the case, which was supported by additional police investigations.
The accused was later verified to be a healthy, non-pregnant, pre-menopausal lady when she was admitted, according to the medical superintendent at the Axim Government Hospital.
On January 13, 2022, he spoke before Takoradi Circuit Court A.
