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HALEEM Banda, the 28-year-old man who was arrested for an alleged nightclub brawl has appeared before the Accra Fast Track High Court on four counts of threat of death and possession of arms and ammunition without authority.
The accused person who is a managing director of a company in Tema and said to be the son of Alhaji Asuma Banda, the shipping magnate, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
He had been refused bail and the court, presided over by Mr Justice B.T.

Aryeetey, a Court of Appeal judge with additional responsibility as a High Court judge said it was going to fast-track the trial.
Consequently, it took the evidence of three prosecution witnesses who were also crossed-examined by counsel for the accused person.

Narrating the facts of the case, Mrs Stella Badu, a Senior State Attorney said the first complainant, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD), was a broadcaster while the second complainant, Kiki Banson, was a businessman.
She said on June 10, 2007 at about 1:30 a.m., the accused pe