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Court dismisses Saw miller’s suit but…
Nyinahin (Ash), July 10, Ghanadot/GNA - A suit filed by a
saw miller at the Nyinahin Magistrate Court claiming GH¢115
from two alleged illegal chainsaw operators for refusing to
supply him with Mahogany logs, has been dismissed by the
court.
Mr Augustine Essah, the presiding Magistrate who dismissed
the suit told the court that, it was an offence for any
person or group of persons to aid and abet any individual to
engage in illegal chainsaw operation.
Quoting legal sessions, he said, the Timber Resource
Management Regulation Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1649
introduced in 1988 and L.I. 1721 re-introduced in 2003
criminalises the production, sale and purchase of sawn
lumber.
Mr Kwaku Boah, the plaintiff saw miller, filed the suit
against Eric Opoku and Kwabena Tawiah for refusing to supply
him with Mahogany Logs.
The Presiding Magistrate stressed that, the law enjoined
anyone who came to the court of law accusing some other
person of wrong doing to come with “clean hands.”
The two defendants pleaded not liable to the offence.
“The Plaintiff’s hands are already tainted for aiding and
abetting defendants to commit a crime”, he added.
Mr Essah said the Plaintiff must, therefore, pay dearly for
his actions.
GNA
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