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Monday, 10 October 2011


A Tema-based legal practitioner, Robert S. Blay, has been stabbed to death with broken bottle by unknown assailants Wednesday dawn, the police in Tema confirmed. He is said to have bled profusely and died shortly on arrival at the Tema General Hospital, community 12, Tema at the hours of about 4am. The deceased lawyer, who was a lawyer with RS Blay and Associates, was reportedly stabbed while in his black VW Passat saloon car with registration GT 8111 Z. He is said to have bled profusely and died shortly on arrival at the hospital. Inspector Olivia Turkson, the Public Affairs Officer of the Tema Regional Police Command, told DAILY GUIDE that a search in the deceased’s car revealed two take-away packs of chips and chicken, with the driver’s seat in a relaxed position and the broken ‘Stone Lager’ bottle in the front seat of the car.
The police say that anybody with information about his death should inform them.



Protection of lawyers in Ghana
People in the world have come to see lawyers as protectors of the people in trouble with the law. They are the upholders of JUSTICE! In actual fact they are the armour bearers of the Law. The protect and enforce the rights of people from every walks of life without any discrimination or fear.
The question therefore is that, in the light of the above incident, should lawyers be afforded any sought of protection in Ghana?
Or is the incidence an isolated one?

Lawyers have the right to be able to practice their profession with full freedom and independence, protected from any hindrance, intimidation, harassment or interference in their professional duties but however this incidence could be an isolated one and may not even be as a result of Mr. RS. Blay’s profession as a lawyer. He could have been attacked for private reasons other than his being a lawyer or it could simple have been a robbery gone wrong. But whatever the case may be, special protection of lawyers should be something we must take a critical look at as a country. It should also be an issue to be considered the world over. Thanks 

May the soul of Robert S. Blay rest in perfect peace!

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