Mzbel fined GH¢1,600 for assaulting police

The Motor Court in Accra yesterday convicted Mzbel, a popular female musician, and two others for traffic-related offences. Mzbel, known in private life as Nana Akua Amoah, Maxwell Mensah, a businessman, and Emmanuel Edem Lordzoh, a student, were consequently fined a total of GH¢1,600 or in default face various terms in prison.

The three were arrested in June 2011 and put before court for assaulting a police officer and obstructing a police officer from executing his duties. They had pleaded not guilty to the offences but changed their pleas when they appeared before the court in Accra Tuesday.

Their lawyer, Mr Addo Atuah, had pleaded for mitigation but the prosecutor in the case, Chief Inspector Dora Seiwaah, opposed the plea and argued that Mzbel had released a new song taunting police officers. Mr Atuah, however, reminded the court that the convicts were not in court in connection with a song allegedly taunting police officers.