Supreme Court explains why Justice Wuni was taken off Kennedy Agyapong’s Contempt case
Kennedy Agyapong’s contempt trial will now start before a new judge.
Jonas Danquah 
The Supreme Court says,High Court Judge, Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni, was prohibited from presiding over the contempt trial of Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong because he was bias towards the legislator.
On October 14, 2020, the apex court prohibited Justice Wuni from presiding over Mr Agyapong’s contempt case after it upheld some aspects of a judicial review application filed by the legislator.
The Supreme Court explained that, Justice Wuni exhibited bias due to the use of the phrase ‘severely punished’ in a contempt summons to the Assin Central MP.
It is the view of the court that by using the words “severely punished”, Justice Wuni indicated how he intended to punish the MP even before the trial commenced.
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“It demonstrates prejudice, bias and in fact amounts to grave judicial indiscretion for a judge to form an opinion on the severity or leniency of punishment to impose on a person who is presumed innocent until proven guilty,” the court held.
This was contained in a 31-page judgement detailing the reasons why a five-member panel of the apex court prohibited Justice Wuni from presiding over the MP’s contempt trial.
The unanimous decision was written by Justice Yonny Kulendi.
Other members of the panel were Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, who presided, Justices Yaw Appau, Gabriel Pwamang and Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu.
Kennedy Agyapong’s contempt trial will now start afresh before a new judge.
