Popular Kumawood actor Lil Win has been granted bail of GH?50,000 with two sureties by the Asokore Mampong District Court.
He is scheduled to reappear in courtroom on June 27, 2024.
Lil Win was arrested on Monday, June 3, by the Manhyia Divisional Police Command in reference to an accident that resulted within the loss of life of a 3-year-old.
The deadly incident occurred at Amakom in Kumasi on May 25, simply hours earlier than the premiere of his film ‘A Country Called Ghana’ on the KNUST auditorium.
The actor was taken into custody instantly after being discharged from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on Monday morning.
The three-year-old, Richard Nana Yaw Ampomah, reportedly succumbed to his accidents whereas receiving remedy on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on Saturday, May 25, shortly after the accident at Amakom in Kumasi.
Nana Yaw was stated to be sitting within the entrance passenger seat of his father’s car when it collided with Lil Win’s branded Mercedes-Benz. Witnesses claimed that the actor was driving at a excessive pace when the crash occurred.
Since the accident, Lil Win had been receiving remedy on the Komfo Anokye hospital till his arrest on Monday morning. His supervisor and private guard stay hospitalized and are nonetheless receiving remedy.
Meanwhile, the bereaved household has already buried the three-year-old boy, whereas his father, Jacob Ampomah, who sustained a fractured leg, continues to go to the hospital for remedy.
In a press release launched final week, Lil Win refuted allegations from the household of the deceased, denying claims that he uncared for the accident victims and attended his film premiere on the identical day because the incident. Despite his accidents, the actor appeared on the premiere of his film on the night time of the accident.
He later apologized to the bereaved household for his “insensitive comment” and postponed his film premiere in Sunyani to mourn with the household.