The Takoradi woman in the alleged fake pregnancy and kidnap saga, Josephine Panyin Simons, is set to reappear before the Takoradi Circuit Court on Thursday, October 14, 2021.
She was charged with deceiving Public Officers and publication of false news to put fear in public. However, presenting her case in her first court appearance, the accused person pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Police in the Western Region responded to a distress call when it was reported that Josephine, supposedly pregnant at the time, had gone missing after an early morning walk on Thursday, September 16, 2021.
This sent the people into fear, igniting sentiments about her possible whereabouts and safety.
Following her reappearance in Axim on September 21, police investigations pointed to an allegedly deliberate orchestration of the whole incident.
Some three others were arrested for questioning. Upon further interrogations and Medical Examination at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, which returned negative, the victim admitted to the crime.
