{"id":357965,"date":"2011-04-01T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/18-year-old-boy-jailed-25-years-for-robbery\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:58:07","slug":"18-year-old-boy-jailed-25-years-for-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/18-year-old-boy-jailed-25-years-for-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"18-Year-Old Boy Jailed 25 Years For Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>A circuit court in Cape Coast on Thursday defied pleas for mercy from an 18-year-old plumber, Ishahoa Safiano, and sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment for armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The convict, who had pleaded not guilty to the offense,<br \/>created a spectacle in the court room when he likened himself to the<br \/>Prodigal Son in the Bible and pleaded with the judge to tamper justice<br \/>with mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Khanin Osafo told the court that<br \/>the complainant, the Market Queen at Kotokuraba Market, on 28 July,<br \/>2010 picked a taxi from the market.<\/p>\n<p>On reaching a spot near the Kotokuraba slaughter house, the<br \/>convict and one other accomplice now at large, stopped the taxi and<br \/>attacked the driver with a knife and ordered the complainant to hand<br \/>over her bag or be stabbed.<\/p>\n<p>She resisted and the convict stabbed her and collected the bag<br \/>which contained GHC 1,000, a phone valued at GHC 70, ECG prepaid card<br \/>of GHC 5.00 and a bunch of keys and bolted.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant sustained multiple injuries on the shoulder and<br \/>arm and she reported the incident to the police in Cape Coast.<br \/>Chief Inspector Osafo said on Friday, September 17, 2010 the<br \/>convict was arrested in a police swoop and was identified by the<br \/>complainant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_59-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A circuit court in Cape Coast on Thursday defied pleas for mercy from an 18-year-old plumber, Ishahoa Safiano, and sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment for armed robbery. 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