A Circuit Court in Accra on Friday sentenced an unemployed man to 20 years imprisonment for robbing his half-sister of a Kia Sportage car after brandishing a knife at her.<\/p>\n
Ebenezer Quaye aka Ataa Quaye, who was charged with robbery, pleaded guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n
Quaye was exposed after the mask he was wearing fell off when he subjected her to severe beatings and ransacking her room.<\/p>\n
His accomplice Abdul Tahidu Latif who was charged with abetment of crime was remanded into Police custody till September 2.<\/p>\n
The court, however, asked the Police to put their house in order and charge Latif with dishonestly receiving.<\/p>\n
Handing the sentence, the trial judge Mr Aboagye Tandoh said he took into consideration the number of days spent in custody and his plea for mitigation.<\/p>\n
However the trial judge said the conduct of Quaye and his modus operandi adopted especially when he subjected the complainant Madam Isabella Yeboah to severe beatings and attacked her with a knife.<\/p>\n
The court said until Quaye\u2019s mask used in covering his nefarious acts could no longer bear his acts but expose his identity.<\/p>\n
It noted that the vehicle he took away from his half-sister had not been retrieved hence the need to hand down a deterrent sentence.<\/p>\n
According to the court: \u201cIt was worrying that one cannot trust his or her own brother even though the incident was not a strange one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prosecution, Detective Chief Inspector Isaac Agbemahia said the complainant was a trader residing at Ablekumah Agape in Accra.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector Agbemahia said Quaye had moved out of the family house and was residing in a ghetto at Kasoa.<\/p>\n
On July 2, at about 8:00pm, prosecution said Madam Yeboah returned from Cape Coat after returning from a funeral.<\/p>\n
While entering her compound, a man in mask lurking around her gate attacked her with a knife and subjected her to severe beatings.<\/p>\n
Prosecution said the man escorted her to her apartment and ordered her to surrender all monies available or else he would kill her.<\/p>\n
While ransacking her room, prosecution said Yeboah\u2019s mask fell off his face and the complainant identified the man as her half-sister.<\/p>\n
Yeboah decided to flee but managed to driver away the complainant\u2019s Sportage KIA with registration number GY 490-13.<\/p>\n
Complainant reported the matter to the Police at Anyaa and she was issued with a medical form to seek medical attention.<\/p>\n
On July 5, this year, Chief Inspector Agbemahia said the case was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigations.<\/p>\n
On July 9, this year, Quaye was arrested at Mallam-Gbawe and he admitted the offence saying he handed over the vehicle to Latif who sold it and handed him GH\u20b57,000.00.<\/p>\n
Latif was nabbed and he stated that he sold the vehicle in Savelugu in the Northern Region to one Haminu for GH\u20b510,000.00.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Circuit Court in Accra on Friday sentenced an unemployed man to 20 years imprisonment for robbing his half-sister of a Kia Sportage car after brandishing a knife at her. Ebenezer Quaye aka Ataa Quaye, who was charged with robbery, pleaded guilty to the charges. Quaye was exposed after the mask he was wearing fell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":225177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n