2 ROBBERS JAILED 40 YEARD

Two young men were yesterday sentenced to a
total of 40 years in hard labour by an Accra
Circuit Court for robbery .
The convicted persons are Atta Kofi Kyei aka
Fresh Boy and Amid Yakubu , barber .
The court presided over by Francis Obiri in
separate judgements found the accused persons
guilty of their offences and handed each of
them a 20 - year jail term.
In the case of Fresh Boy, prosecution said he
had on January 5 this year at Atomic Junction
robbed one Rosina Asare of her handbag
containing one Nokia mobile phone, one
Blackberry Q 10 mobile phone valued at GH ¢
1 , 200 , a cash amount of GH ¢ 200 and other
personal items.
According to the prosecutor , DSP Patrick
Morkeh , the complainant , who is resident at
Agbogba in Accra , at 10 pm at the
aforementioned date alighted at first bus stop
close to PRESEC and Atomic Junction to cross to
the other side of the road to board another
vehicle to Kwabenya . He added that as soon as
she alighted the convict emerged from the bush
and attacked the complainant , threatening to
cause physical harm to her.
The police officer said Fresh Boy collected the
aforementioned items and bolted into the
nearby bush.
DSP Morkeh stated that Rosina reported the case
to the police who were on night snap check duty
at the scene of the incident and saw the convict
and another accomplice emerging from the bush.
He said Fresh Boy and his accomplice , upon
seeing the police officers, took to their heels but
were arrested upon a tipoff .
The police officer said Fresh Boy in his caution
statement admitted the offence and led the
police to retrieve Rosina ’ s handbag without its
contents .
Amid Yakubu
It is the case of prosecution that the accused
and one Kojo , currently at large , on December
26 last year at Omanjor , a suburb of Accra ,
robbed one Budu Yaw Joseph , a cabbie, of his
wallet containing his driver’s license , voter’s ID
card, a G - seven mobile phone valued at GH ¢300
and a cash sum of GH ¢180 .
At his first appearance , the convict admitted
the offence and was accordingly sentenced on
his own plea .
He was handed 15 and 20 years for conspiracy
and robbery respectively .
The prosecutor said at 10: 30 am while Budu was
working with his vehicle , Amid boarded the
vehicle from Sowutuom Mambo to Omanjor ,
adding that on reaching a section of the road
at Omanjor , Amid, who was sitting in the front
passenger seat, pulled a knife on Budu .
The prosecution indicated that Budu , sensing
danger , quickly obliged and gave Amid the
aforementioned items.
The prosecution said after the act the duo
escaped , indicating that on January 2 this year
Budu went to a drinking spot within the vicinity
and spotted his mobile phone with a salesgirl
called Debora Asiedu and made a report to the
police , leading to the arrest of Debora .
In her caution statement she ( Debora)
mentioned Amid as the source and he was
subsequently arrested .
The prosecutor disclosed that a search
conducted in his ( Amid’s) room revealed Budu ’ s
mobile phone together with his wallet.