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Isaac Oduro, Abdulai Alhassan and Salifu Osman, all night security officers, on Wednesday appeared before a Takoradi Circuit Court charged with murder. They pleaded not guilty to murdering Richard Mensah at the Government Secretarial School at Fijai near Takoradi. They are to re-appear on September 24 this year. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Felix Danku, said the deceased was a worker of Mark Gabriel Construction Company and lived at New Takoradi and the accused persons worked at the Government Secretarial School. Chief Inspector Danku said the Mark Gabriel Construction is undertaking a school block project near the Government Secretarial School and on September 7 Oduro called the deceased on his mobile phone in the evening but the deceased told Oduro that the day was far spent so he would see him in the morning. He said later in the night, Oduro called again and the deceased asked leave of his wife, Regina Cobbinah, to go to his workplace to meet somebody. Chief Inspector Danku said at about 01130 hours Oduro, who was not on duty, went to his workplace and informed Alhassan and Osman that somebody was stealing iron rods at the project site of the school block. He said Oduro, Alhassan and Osman went to the site and to the second floor of the uncompleted school block. Chief Inspector Danku said the accused persons saw someone pulling iron rods on the ground at the site and Oduro and Alhassan went for a stone and gave it to Osman who hit the person with it. He said then Oduro called Emmanuel Kwamena Okine, a worker of the construction company and a witness in the case to the scene of the incident. Chief Inspector Danku said Okine identified Mensah who had injuries on the head and blood oozed from his mouth and right ear. He said Mensah was taken to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital but died the same day. Chief Inspector Danku said a report was made to the Police and the accused persons were arrested.