The Family of Lily Donkor, a third-year student of Achimota Senior High School who was shot and killed by her mate in 2017 is appealing to the state to review the case.
The suspect, a 17-year-old school mate of the deceased, was convicted and handed a three-year jail term for manslaughter at a correctional home by a juvenile court.
An Accra High Court on Monday presided by Justice Kofi Dogu, however, quashed the sentence adding that that the trial judge lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.
According to the High Court there was a miscarriage of justice because the Juvenile Court passed a verdict without a social enquiry report and that the trial exceeded 6 months.
But in an interview with Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, a relative of the deceased, Peggy Ama Donkor expressed the family’s displeasure in the judgement asking the state to review the case.
According to Peggy Donkor, other juveniles have committed less crimes, yet they are still in the correctional homes.
“He did not even go to the normal prison, he went to a correctional home and they are saying what? Those of us who lost our daughter are still calling for justice for Lily,” she said.
Peggy stated that the family will today, 20th February, appeal the case through the Attorney General's Department.
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