A hairstylist, Angelina Azumah, has appeared before a Madina District Court over charges of bigamy and fraudulent breach of trust.
Angelina is said to have married an Entomologist based in the USA in the year, 2016.
Whiles married to the Entomologist for two years; she married another man in the year 2018.
The accused has denied the charge preferred against her, and the Court presided over by Susana Nyarkotey has admitted her to bail in the sum of GH¢50,000 with three sureties.
The facts as narrated by Chief Inspector Sophia Adamuwaa, are that, the complainant (name withheld) is based in Oklahoma, USA, while the accused resides at Taifa, Accra.
The prosecution said whiles the complainant was visiting Ghana on a research assignment in 2016, he met Angelina, and they got married the same year.
The prosecutor said in December, 2020, the complainant came to Ghana and registered their marriage under the ordinance, and returned to the USA.
While in the USA, the prosecution said the complainant played his role as a husband by remitting her with $400 a month, and he established two well-furnished salons and entrusted them to the accused for managing.
Additionally, the complainant opened an account with GCB Bank and made the accused and one Paul Akparibo Azure, the complainant's business partner, signatories.
The prosecution also said the complainant gave the accused, GH¢50,000 to buy a car for use whenever he returned to Ghana and the accused sent pictures of the said car to him (the complainant).
According to the prosecution, the complainant had also rented an apartment where the accused and her siblings lived.
The prosecutor said the complainant wanted to have his privacy with his wife hence paid an amount of GH¢12,000, and the accused also collected GH¢14,000 to renovate to salons.
In all, the prosecution said the complainant had spent GH¢126,000.
The prosecution said, as soon as the complainant left Ghana, the accused rented out the apartment and sold the two salons and a Toyota Corolla without the complainant's knowledge.
When the complainant returned to Ghana in May this year, the prosecution said the complainant could not find the accused hence got stranded in the country.
The prosecution said later; the complainant had information that the accused had married another man since September 9, 2018, and currently living with him at Sogakope in the Volta Region.
A report was made to the Madina Domestic Violence, and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service and Angelina was arrested.
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