{"id":14553,"date":"2014-04-21T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=14553"},"modified":"2014-04-21T16:22:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T16:22:26","slug":"k-poly-student-jailed-30-years-for-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/k-poly-student-jailed-30-years-for-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"K. Poly student jailed 30 years for robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"
A student of the Kumasi Polytechnic, standing trial at a Kumasi Circuit Court over robbery, has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. Fredrick Kwadwo Owusu, 28, was arrested after a botched daylight robbery attack, on Wednesday, April 16. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and robbery. His accomplice, whose name was only given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,17,61],"yoast_head":"\n