Just like I mentioned over the weekend in my article, ‘What We Can All Learn from BullDog’s Arrest in Connection with Fennec Okyere’s Death + How He Threatened Me Some Years Back’, Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson popularly known as BullDog was charged with Conspiracy to Murder and Murder—-and was arranged before an Accra Magistrate Court this morning.
From the legal point of view, the fact that BullDog is being charged with Conspiracy means that the prosecutor suspects he may not have been present at the murder scene himself—and could have contracted or come together with others to have Fennec Okyere killed. But then, a second charge of Murder has been added which makes it seems like, the prosecutor is throwing both the short and long arm ball on BullDog.
Being charged does not really mean BullDog has done anything, except that the prosecutor believes he committed the murder himself or through the tools of conspiracy. It will be up to the prosecutor to meet the burden of proof for criminal conviction-‘beyond reasonable doubt’ to be able to secure a criminal conviction. If found guilty of Conspiracy to Murder or Murder, a life sentence can be ordered…