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Breaking: Supreme Court cautions and discharges Kpessa-Whyte after convicting him for contempt
Supreme Court of Ghana has today cautioned and discharged Prof.Michael Kpessa-Whyte after convicting him for contempt of court.
The lecturer at the University of Ghana and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Prof. Michael Kpessah-Whyte was convicted for contempt after pleading guilty to charges before a five member-panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Mariama Owusu.
The five-member panel after convicting Prof.Kpessa- Whyte retired to their chamber and later returned to caution and discharge him.
The comments said to be contemptuous according to the summons read to him scandalized, ridiculed, and prejudiced the court.
This followed a series of tweets made by Prof Whyte on May 19, 2023, when the Supreme Court ordered Parliament to expunge the name of Mr. Gyakye Quayson from its records as a Member of Parliament because he was wrongfully elected.
He earlier issued an apology for his unguarded tweets about the Supreme Court.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme