Man sentenced 20 years for robbery
The Accra Circuit Court last Monday sentenced a 19-year-old man to 20 years in hard labour.
Advertisement
The convict, Atta Kyei, alias Fresh Boy, was found guilty for attacking and robbing a business woman of her bag containing two mobile phones, GH¢2,000, ID card and other personal items on January 6, 2015. The incident occurred near the Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) at Legon in Accra.
He was charged with robbery and pleaded guilty to the charge.
Prior to his sentence, Kyei broke down in tears, wailing and pleading with the court to temper justice with mercy.
He told the court that it was the devil that caused him to engage in the robbery.
However, the court, presided over Mr Francis Obiri, considered that people with such criminal attitude were a nuisance in society and needed to be kept away from law-abiding citizens.
Background
According to prosecution, about 10 p.m. on January 6, 2015, the complainant, Madam Rosina Asare, was on her way to board a vehicle near the Atomic Junction overpass when Kyei emerged from the bush.
He said Kyei attacked and assaulted the business woman amidst threat of causing physical harm to her.
Other Trending Stories
Kyei then forcibly collected the her handbag containing one Nokia handset, a Blackberry mobile phone valued at GH¢1,200 and GH¢2,000, ID cards and other personal items, and bolted into the bush.
The business woman reported the matter to the police on night patrol in front of the Presbyterian Boys School (PRESEC) at Legon.
According to the prosecution, the police proceeded to the scene together with the complainant. On their way, they saw Kyei and one other accomplice who Kyei later named as Richard emerging from the bush.
The prosecution said upon seeing the police, Kyei and his accomplice took to their heels, with Kyei running towards an unregistered motorbike parked at a distance.
However, when he realised that the police were closing up on him, he abandoned the motorbike and entered the bush.
The motorbike, the prosecution stated, was taken to the Legon Police Station. While investigations were ongoing, Kyei informed the person he had borrowed the motorbike from that his bike was parked at the Legon Police Station.
The owner was arrested when he went to claim the motorbike and he assisted the police to arrest Kyei, the prosecution told the court.