A student of the Kumasi Polytechnic, standing trial at a Kumasi Circuit Court over robbery, has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Fredrick Kwadwo Owusu, 28, was arrested after a botched daylight robbery attack, on Wednesday, April 16.<\/p>\n
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and robbery.<\/p>\n
His accomplice, whose name was only given as \u201cJunior\u201d is however, on the run.<\/p>\n
Police Inspector Gulliver Tenkorang told the court presided over by Mr William Boampong, that the convict and his fugitive friend had engaged the services of a taxi driver to carry them to Ahinsan Estate.<\/p>\n
Midway through the journey, they pulled a pistol, ordered him to stop and get down from the car.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said the driver, noticing that the weapon was not lethal but a toy gun, engaged Owusu in a struggle as he kept screaming for help.<\/p>\n
This attracted some people in the neighbourhood, who helped to arrest him together with the toy pistol and handed him over to the police.<\/p>\n
His accomplice managed to slip through with a cash of GH\u00a2125.00 and two cellular phones stolen from the driver.<\/p>\n
Passing the sentence, Mr Boampong, said he found it disturbing the increasing incidence of robbery in the metropolis and expressed the hope that stiffer punishment would serve as deterrent.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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