Court hands bailiff four-year sentence for forging judge’s signature
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 38-year-old bailiff, Kojo Budu Jackson, to four years in prison with hard labour for attempting to commit fraud using forged judicial documents.
Jackson was found guilty of falsifying a court order and a divorce certificate, allegedly issued by a retired magistrate of the Ejisu District Court in the Ashanti Region.
According to a report by graphiconline.com on July 12, 2025, Jackson initially pleaded not guilty to the charge of forging judicial service documents.
However, he changed his plea to guilty at the hearing last Tuesday, just as the prosecution was set to present its evidence.
In addition to the custodial sentence, the court fined him 200 penalty units, equivalent to GH₵2,400.
He has one month to pay the fine or face an additional year in prison.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye, the case began in June 2024 when the Judicial Secretary complained to the Ghana Police Service, reporting that Jackson and some accomplices were forging official court documents, including marriage and divorce certificates and court orders.
At that time, Jackson was employed as a private bailiff at the Ejisu District Court in the Ashanti Region.
Following the complaint, police placed Jackson under surveillance and arrested him on August 13, 2024.
A search of his residence uncovered various documents, including divorce affidavits and a forged Certificate of Divorce.
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