Actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, aka Akuapem Poloo, has appealed the 90-day jail term handed her for publishing an obscene photograph on social media.
The notice of appeal was filed Monday (April 19, 2021) by Poloo’s lawyer, Mr. Andrews Vortia, at the Accra High Court [Criminal Court 2 Division].
Brown was jailed last Friday by the Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Ms. Christiana Mann, for publishing a nude picture of herself in which she (Brown) was looking at her son.
Akuapem Poloo is premising her appeal on two grounds
Firstly, she argues that she was a first-time offender and therefore the Circuit Court should have considered her plea of guilty as a mitigating factor when imposing the sentence.
Secondly, the convicted actress argues that the trial judge should have imposed a fine on her instead of a custodial sentence.
Meanwhile, Akuapem Poloo has also filed an application for bail pending the determination of her appeal.
Her legal team is expected to move the motion of notice of appeal and the bail on Wednesday, April 21, this year at the Accra High Court.
Akuapem Poloo was convicted on her own plea by An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mrs. Christiana Cann on Wednesday, April 14 2021 for posting obscene photos of herself and her seven-year-old son in June last year.
Rosemond Brown was remanded into police custody to enable her to undergo a pregnancy test and was sentenced on Friday, April 16, 2021.
The ‘Sexy Poloo’ singer was slapped with three charges of “publication of obscene materials, engaging in domestic violence, conduct that in any way undermines another person’s privacy or integrity and engaging in domestic violence namely conduct that in any way detracts or is likely to detract from another person’s dignity and worth as a human being.”
She is serving 90 days in prison on charges that run concurrently.
