TikToker Camilla Alhassan has been sentenced to one year in prison by the Accra Circuit Court after pleading guilty to offensive conduct and the publication of false news.
The sentence was handed down on Thursday, July 16, after Camilla Alhassan admitted to publishing videos falsely claiming, without evidence, that President John Dramani Mahama buried 32 cows as part of rituals to win the 2024 general election.
Speaking after the ruling, her lawyer, Kwadwo Gyamfi Bonsu, said the court struck out the charge of electronic abuse, holding that it lacked the legal authority to determine that offence.
However, the court convicted Camilla on the count of offensive conduct and imposed a one-year custodial sentence.
According to the lawyer, the defence appealed for a lighter punishment, but the court indicated that the growing prevalence of such offences required a sentence that would discourage similar conduct.
The widely circulated videos led to her arrest and prosecution by the Ghana Police Service.
Before sentencing, the court had ordered a pregnancy test during an earlier hearing.
