Four robbers to serve 300 years
The Accra High Court has sentenced four armed robbers to a total jail term of 300 years for robbing the Mepe Rural Bank.
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They are Yaw Afoakwa, who will serve 100 years in prison, Kofi Afoakwa sentenced to 100 years and Isaac Oppong 50 years, and Marvin Amponsah who was also sentenced to 50 years in prison.
A policeman, Constable David Delali Osae, who was the fifth accused person was acquitted and discharged by the court.
Facts of the case
Prosecuting, an Assistant State Attorney, Mr D. Atulisey, said on June 30, 2009 at 9.30a.m., Constable Osae spotted a bullion van with a policeman on board on the Tema Motorway and enquired where they were going to.
Mr Atulisey said the policeman told Constable Osae that they were heading to the Mepe Rural Bank.
Constable Osae went back and informed the robbers that a bullion van had left for Mepe and that they should plan to rob the bank.
On July 3, 2009, at about 7:a.m Constable Osae went to the Community One Police Station in Tema and booked an AK 47 rifle and met his accomplices at the Tema Motorway Roundabout.
The robbers came along with two AK 47 rifles, two pistols and a pump action gun and handed them to Constable Osae, who kept them in his car.
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He then drove the gang to Sege, from where they proceeded to Mepe after Constable Osae had given them the weapons.
They then attacked the workers of the Mepe Bank, broke into the strong room, took Gh¢13,061 and bolted.
The gang eventually converged at Sege, where Constable Osae was waiting for them, and handed over the money and the weapons to him for him to drive them to the Tema Motorway Roundabout, where they shared the booty.
Arrest
On November 7, 2009, the convicts were arrested after they had attacked and robbed Antis Stores at Agbogba, near Accra.
In the course of that robbery, Kofi Afoakwa was shot but he managed to escape and went to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi for treatment.
He was arrested upon a tip-off.
Identification parade
On November 11, 2009, an identification parade was held at the police headquarters in Accra, and all the convicts identified Constable Osae as the one who drove them from Tema to Sege to conduct the robbery after which they shared the booty.