{"id":246139,"date":"2016-09-06T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246139"},"modified":"2016-09-06T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T14:00:12","slug":"bullion-van-police-robbers-case-adjourned-to-sept-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/bullion-van-police-robbers-case-adjourned-to-sept-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullion van \u2018police robbers\u2019 case adjourned to Sept. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Accra District Court has adjourned the case involving the three police officers alleged to have connived to rob an Nkawkaw GCB bullion van, leading to the death of the van driver.<\/p>\n
The three have been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, and murder. The prosecutors told the Magistrate, Stephen Yeboah, that they were still gathering evidence to prove the charges brought against them.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”gLvzaN82yLjgOewCLRcSopIhePjLnwH8″]Present in court, were two of\u00a0the three accused persons. The magistrate has subsequently adjourned the case to the 20th of September.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n The attempted robbery by the three, led to the death of the driver, David Kofi Sarpong, aged 52, after a heated exchange of gunfire between the police officer in the van and the suspects.<\/p>\n Two of them were arrested following the incident<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, but they subsequently escaped.<\/p>\n The escape of the two led to clashes between the police and angry residents in the Afram Plains district, who alleged that the Police allowed the suspects to escape.<\/p>\n