The Editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Dogbey, has been convicted by an Accra High Court and sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment over the newspaper’s publication relating to a dispute involving Kevin Okyere and Petraco SA.
Mr Dogbey disclosed the conviction in a Facebook post on Thursday, June 25, stating that the judgment was delivered by Justice Isaac Addo.
According to Mr Dogbey, The Herald merely reported on a petition allegedly submitted by the multinational company to a number of state institutions, including the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), and the Attorney-General’s Department.
“Justice Isaac Addo of the Accra High Court has just convicted me and sentenced me to seven days’ imprisonment in the case involving Kevin Okyere and Petraco SA. The Herald newspaper reported only on a petition filed by the multinational company with CID, EOCO, GIPC, and the Attorney-General, among others. Ghana deserves better. Journalism is not a crime,” Mr Dogbey wrote.
