Tettey Ashong and Isaac Boateng, both unemployed, have been charged with conspiracy to rob and robbery.

They have pleaded not guilty to the charges and the Court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, has remanded them into police custody to reappear on November 15.

An Accomplice whose name was given as Solomon is, however, at large.

Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu told the Court that the complainant, Ali Kamagartey, who dealt in bags and ladies’ purses, resided at Mamprobi.

The accused persons resided at Opetey-Kwei, near Dansoman, in Accra.

On October 19 at about 04:55 hours, the complainant was on his way to his shop and on reaching Rawlings Park, the accused persons and their accomplice, Solomon, attacked him with cutlasses and hammer, the Prosecution said.

They robbed the complainant cash of GHC 2,950, two mobile phones, and gold chain totaling GH¢5,700, the prosecutor said.

The complainant, prosecution said, reported the matter to the Police.

However, on October 20, this year, the complainant saw Ashong at the Rawlings Park and with the assistance of a soldier, they arrested him.

Ashong, in his caution statement, mentioned Boateng and Solomon as his accomplices and added that they robbed the complainant of GH¢250 and not GH ¢2,950 as alleged.

Ashong also stated that he had a share of GH¢ 75 and a mobile phone, while Boateng also took home GHC 100 and a mobile phone.

According to prosecution, Solomon had GH C75.

Ashong also led the Police to arrest Boateng at his hideout at James Town but he denied his involvement in the robbery.

The Prosecution said the Police were making frantic efforts to arrest Solomon.

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Source: GNA

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Kwaku Poku alias, “Junior”, herbalist, and Kwadwo Kontoh, reportedly after killing Matthew Nkrumah, burned his body, before fleeing with his car.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mohammed Yussif Tanko, the Ashanti Regional Police Public Affairs Unit, told journalists that the incident happened on October 26, last year.

They had engaged the services of the deceased to carry them in his Dae Matrix taxi from Tanoso in Kumasi to Bokankye in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District.

Midway through the journey, they attacked him – stabbing him in many times in the rib with a knife and hit the head with a cement block until he dropped dead.

ASP Tanko said the pair then set the lifeless body on fire and fled with his car.

The car has since been recovered, he said, adding that, they had already confessed to the crime.

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Source: GNA

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The accused, Kwame Anane, reportedly shot his 46- year-old lover Agyeiwaa Nkrumah, in her left thigh at Abotereye, near Bogoso in the Prestea Huni/Valley district.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted murder.

The District Police Commander of Prestea Huni/Valley, Superintendent of Police Timothy Dassah, disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Prestea.

He said on October 8, around 1930GMT, the victim was in her house at Abotereye when the accused went with a locally manufactured pistol and shot her, after which he drunk a substance suspected to be poison in a bid to commit suicide.

Supt Dassah said a group of youth, who stay closer to Agyeiwaa’s house, rushed to the scene at the time of the incident and rescued the two and sent them to Aseda hospital at Bogoso for treatment.

He said Anane was treated and discharged on the same day, but was later arrested for questioning.

The Police commander said even though some of the pallets spread on the victim’s thigh they were yet to receive the x-ray report to confirm whether some other parts of her body were affected.

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Source: GNA

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