Awal Suleman, the pitch invader in Ghana’s game against South Africa at the Cape Coast Stadium has been fined Ghc 2,400 and charged to sign a bond of good behavior when he appeared before court on Thursday.
The 25-year old was arrested on 14 November, 2019 and was held in Police Custody for two days.
He was granted bail on Saturday 16 November, 2019 and appeared in court today.
Awal pleaded guilty to all the charges leveled up against him as he was charged with public disturbance and resisting arrest.
The charges according to Lawyer Asuama Yeboah were to send a caution to deter others.
Lawyer Asuama Yeboah Junior in an interview explained the proceedings at court, “The court took a lot of factors into consideration. He is a first time offender so he was charged with disturbing the peace and resisting arrest.
“So looking at the factors the court didn’t want to give him a non-custodian sentence but rather send a signal out there to deter others. So he was given a fine of 200 penalty unites for the second charge which is the resisting arrest and for the first charge to sign a bond of good behavior and in default three months in prison”.
He further said, Awal’s remorse after the incident and pleas from the Black Stars players and coach also factored in the verdict.
Awal had earlier on apologized for his actions and explained that he had gone to the pitch to take a selfie with Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey.