A missing autopsy report on a pregnant Arbroath woman who died in Ghana has been found.
Two months ago Accra Magistrate’s Court was told the report on Charmain Adusah, who died in March, had gone missing.
The court was informed that the author of the report was on a teaching course in Cuba for the next six months and the report could not be found at the morgue of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana’s capital.
However, at the latest court hearing of Charmain’s husband, Eric, who has been charged with her murder, the court was told the report has been located.
The case against Mr Adusah, who is a pastor with the Global Light Revival Ministries, has been adjourned until October 28 to enable both sides to prepare for the trial.
He is charged with the death of Charmain between March 18 and March 20 2015 at Mac Dic Royal Plaza Hotel in Koforidua, Eastern Regional capital.
At a hearing in front of Mavis Kwanainoe, prosecuting Detective Inspector Isaac Agbemehia said the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital had assured the prosecution that the report is ready.
He added that the pathologist who conducted the autopsy on the pastor’s wife was also back in Ghana from the Cuba programme.
The lawyer for Mr Adusah requested that the case have a long adjournment to ensure both parties were ready for trial because her client was a resident in the UK and has to fly back to Ghana for every hearing date.
Charmain’s mother, Linda Speirs, said she is frustrated at the delay in the trial being heard. She told The Courier she now does not expect her daughter’s body to be returned to Scotland until the legal case against Mr Adusah is concluded.
“I’m just angry that it’s taking so long. There doesn’t seem to be any justice,” she said.
“I’ve got to wait another two months until I hear whether Charmain can come home so that he (Mr Adusah) isn’t inconvenienced travelling back to Ghana for court hearings.”
Mr Adusah left the Mac Dic Royal Plaza Hotel on March 18, telling staff not to disturb his wife, who was due to leave two days later.
When Charmain who was three months pregnant did not check out, hotel staff entered her room using a spare key and found her decomposing body in the suite’s bath.