A 40-year old man on Wednesday pleaded with an Accra Fast Track High Court to admit him to bail since he had been on remand for the past 10 years without trial. In a handwritten motion, Anthony Koblah Tsey, dressed in a cream black check shirt with a pair of brown trousers, said his case had gone before several judges during the period. When the case was called, he raised his hand and said: “My Lord I have been on remand for the past 10 years, Mr Lord, I beg, you please temper justice with mercy and grant me bail.” When the court, presided over Mr. Justice Charles Quist asked: “How long have you been on remand?” Tsey said: “I was arrested in 1998 for robbery.” When the court looked through the case docket, there was no charge sheet and facts attached to the docket. “The only thing in the docket is a hand written bail application,” the court said. When the court read through the bail application of Tsey, he stated that he was put before four courts. According to him he had been put before Mr Justice R.K. Appaloo, Mrs Justice Beatrice Agyeman-Bempah, Mr Justice Aryeetey and Mr Justice Richard Asamoah now deceased. The court noted that, though Mr Justice Asamoah commenced hearing the case it was brought to a halt. When the court asked Tsey who the prosecutor was, he mentioned the names of two State Attorneys, namely Mrs Keelson and Ms Atuobi. Mr Augustines Obuor, a State Attorney who was in court on a different matter, told the court that, he would approach the two State Attorneys and inform the court on the next adjourned date. The court therefore adjourned the matter to July 24. In another development three persons who were being held for a similar offence for the past six years also appeared before the court. They were Eric Oppong, Kojo Ohemeng, and Fatal Yakubu. They had also been in custody since 2002. A source close to the Ghana Prison Service said the Service had many of such persons in their custody. Source: GNA