Akuapem Poloo’s 90 days jail term has been reversed and instead slapped with a GH¢12,000 fine by the Court of Appeal.
The actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, a.k.a. Akuapem Poloo was slapped with a 90-day jail term by an Accra Circuit Court for the publication of nude and obscene material of her seven-year-old son on social media in June 2020.
According to Graphic Online, she was arraigned over the publication of a nude picture with her son, publication of obscene materials, engaging in domestic violence namely a conduct that in any way undermined another person’s privacy or integrity, and engaging in domestic violence namely conduct that in any way detracted or was likely to detract from another person’s dignity and worth as a human being.
She changed her initial plead of not guilty to guilty and the circuit court convicted and sentenced her accordingly.
However, she filed an appeal at the Accra High Court to challenge the 90-day jail term handed her on April 16, 2021.
The High Court dismissed her application and said the sentence handed her by the circuit court was not manifestly excessive
She applied to the Court of Appeal and the jail term has been reversed and a fine of GH¢12,000 imposed instead.
