A woman collapsed in a sanitation courtroom upon hearing she had been found guilty in what city authorities call “trading at unauthorized location and in an unsanitary condition.”

Edna Mensah who is a trader at the Agbogbloshie food market in Accra and 11 other traders were convicted separately on Tuesday by the Adjabeng Magistrate Court in Accra for acting contrary to provisions in the Public Health Act 851 2012 and the AMA Bye-law 2017.