Prosecutors are racing to submit fresh evidence in the Ghana trial of a man accused of murdering his Angus-born wife.
Charmain Adusah, formerly Speirs, was found dead in a hotel bath in Koforidua six weeks ago.
Her husband Eric, an evangelical preacher with the Global Light Revival Ministries, is facing trial over the Arbroath woman’s murder.
The UK Government has now appointed a liaison officer to collate evidence ahead of a hearing in capital Accra on June 17.
Local media reported the judge in the trial, Justice Marian Affoh, was “visibly angry” over prosecution attempts to adjourn the case.
Among the dossier’s contents, which are to be handed over to Interpol this week, is a statement to Essex police by Charmain’s friend Joyce Ampomah.
She said she received “disturbing” telephone calls in the weeks leading up to the discovery of Charmain’s body at the Mac Dic Royal Plaza Hotel on March 20.
She believes the last call was made so she could overhear an argument.
Of the dossier, Mrs Speirs added: “The British Government have now got involved. They want all information over to Ghana before the 18th of June.”
Charmain’s mum has forbidden Eric Adusah from attending her daughter’s funeral when she is brought back to UK.
The pastor has intimated to friends he would like to come back to the UK to attend services. Charmain’s family have yet to be granted permission to bring her body home.
Press reports in Ghana claim an interim autopsy report shows she died of a heroin overdose, though the full autopsy is yet to be completed.