THE REPUBLIC v. THOMAS ASARE EX-PARTE NAA TWAA KOFI The parties in these proceedings are the parties in a suit pending before the Tema High Court, Civil Division presided over by Mrs. Felicity Amoah J. On the 22nd of January 1999, she found the applicant â€œguiltyâ€ of contempt for having disobeyed an interim order made in the course of the pending civil cause. She made the following pronouncement with  regard to sentenceâ€: