Johnson Kombian, the notorious robber who is to be hanged for killing two police officers says he is dissatisfied with the verdict of the seven- member jury and would therefore launch an appeal.<\/p>\n
Johnson Kombian was on Wednesday sentenced to death by hanging by an Accra FastTrack high Court for killing two police officers in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Hb0tKWTuHJCLwo0gF8BEzhnjwUEdEKrk”]The deceased are Constable Prince Agyare and Constable Owusu Frimpong. A third policeman, Corporal Osei Bonsu, survived after sustaining gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
According to Kombian he did not get the justice he deserved hence \u201che is aggrieved and had instructed me to launch an appeal against his conviction and sentence,\u201d Mr George Asamaney lawyer for Kombian said in an interview in Accra on Thursday.<\/p>\n
According to his lawyer, \u201cthe verdict was against the weight of evidence because public opinion was against him.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cKombian thinks the conviction and sentence was too harsh, excessive and out of date.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, he would apply for proceedings and as soon as he secures it, he would file the appeal.<\/p>\n
Mr Asamaney noted that his client felt that the state did not prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n
Counsel said, Kombian was of the view that that the motive for which he killed the Police was paramount adding: \u201cThere was no motive for committing the crime and he had nothing against the Police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Asamaney noted that no proper investigations were done to unearth the real culprits and wondered why since his arrest, none of the so called accomplices had been apprehended.
\n\u201cNo efforts have been made by the Police to arrest other accomplices who are alleged to have committed the crime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Counsel recounted that Kombian had been described in the media as a \u201cnotorious armed robber\u201d hence getting witnesses to testify for him was difficult.<\/p>\n
As part of the grounds of Appeal, counsel said there were so many inconsistencies in the case of the prosecution and that the jury was misdirected.<\/p>\n
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Kombian was also sentenced to 30 years imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy to commit crime. Sentences were to run concurrently.<\/p>\n
This was after a seven- member jury unanimously returned a verdict of guilty on two counts of murder and conspiracy to commit crime.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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