Following a recent outburst, Funny Face was sent to a psychiatric hospital by police for further evaluation.
A Kaneshie District Court has ordered that comic actor Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng, also known as Funny Face, be re-examined at the Psychiatric Hospital.
The Kaneshie District Court had charged him with one count of threatening death.
Despite the fact that the charge was read to him in court by His Lordship Kofi Oheneba-Kuffour, his plea was not accepted due to his behavior.
On Wednesday, October 20, Funny Face caused a stir in court when he revealed that he had lawyers but had told them not to come because he had caused his own problems.
The prosecution, led by ASP Sylvester Asare, told the court not to listen to the accused person’s plea because they believe he is unstable.
After hearing from the Prosecutor and the accused, the court ordered that the accused be sent for a psychiatric re-examination.
The case has been rescheduled for November 10, 2021.
The accused, Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng, also known as Funny Face, is a comedian, actor, and musician who lives in Sector, Millennium City, Kasoa, according to the brief facts of the case presented to the court by ASP Asare.
He stated that the accused was married to Lizzy but divorced in 2017.
According to him, the accused got engaged to Vanessa in 2020 and had twins with her.
He explained that in February 2021, Vanessa fled with the twins to an unknown location after they split up.
According to the prosecutor, on October 17, 2021, the accused posted on his Instagram page that he was going to kill his ex-wife Lizzy and girlfriend Vanessa before committing suicide.
“In his caution statement, the accused person blamed the action on depression and his failure to take the drugs prescribed to him when he was admitted to the psychiatric hospital for treatment.”
“The prosecution believes the accused is mentally unstable and is pleading with this Honourable Court to grant an order requiring the accused to be re-examined,” he told the court.
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