The snail seller, who raised the "alarm" that the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was a suspected armed robber, was Thursday discharged by the Accra Central District Court. Akosua Takyiwaa, alias Maame Bono, was discharged together with 12 other people, whom the prosecution now wants to use as witnesses. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr George Amegah made this known in court on Thursday, reports Graphic Online’s Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson. Takyiwaa, according to the police who thought Major Mahama was a suspected armed robber raised the "alarm" on May 29, 2017 after she spotted his sidearm while he was taking out money to pay for snails he had bought from her. Meanwhile, the woman who was seen taking close shots of the late Major Mahama’s body, Vivian Asahene is among the 19 whom prosecutors have now decided to prosecute. The nineteen standing trial are: 1. William Baah, assembly man; 2. Yaw Annor, mason; 3. Akwasi Baah, famer; 4. Kwame Tuffuor, driver; 5. Akwasi Asante, famer; 6. Joseph Appiah-Kubi, driver; 7. Kwadwo Animah, mason; 8. Philip Badu, prison assistant; 9. Kofi Nyame, farmer; 10. Michael Anim; 11. Bernard Asamoah, driver’s apprentice; 12. Ebenezer Appiah; 13. Charles Quainin, vulganizer operator; 14. Anthony Amoah, okada operator; 15. Bismark Donkor, farmer; 16. Kwame Agyei, farmer; 17. Solomon Sackey, carpenter; 18. John Bosie, driver’s apprentice; 19. Vivian Asahene, unemployed

The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling, impregnating and eloping with a 13-year-old.

Father of the victim narrated that the accused approached him for accommodation and job. He agreed to offer him help.

But his guest eloped with his 13-year-old daughter about two years ago from the Western region and resettled with her in Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region.

The incident happened when the victim’s parents were both away on errands.

A neighbour saw the accused and the then 11-year-old young girl leaving the community with their luggage and several attempts to trace the whereabouts of their daughter proved futile, the victim’s father further explained.

A relative to the victim who resides in Techiman saw the accused and hinted the victim’s father leading to the arrest of the accused.

The 13-year-old victim is a mother of one and is currently pregnant.

The presiding judge his Lordship Alexander Graham sentenced Kwame Kyere based on the account that he has defiled, impregnated and eloped with the victim 13-year-old victim.

His Lordship Alexander Graham used the court to appeal to the Gender Ministry to take care of the girl and her unborn baby.

The father of the girl has also appealed to the government to support him cater for the girl since she is already pregnant and is having a child with the accused.