Samuel Osei
A member of a street gang that threatened to hurt a woman in a
sickening robbery operation has been jailed by the Bekwai Circuit Court in the
Ashanti Region.
Samuel Osei, aka Atta George, 19, was jailed 16 years in hard
labour after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy and
robbery, contrary to section 23 (1) and 149 of Act 29/60.
The convict and his pal only named as Kwame, who is currently at
large, were said to have attacked a female teacher with a machete at Minti near
Asiwa in the Bosome-Freho District of the Ashanti Region on September 16, 2019.
The prosecutor, Detective Inspector Stephen Ofori, said the victim
was grabbed at about 3:00 pm on that fateful day at Minti Junction by the two-member
gang, who emerged from a nearby bush with machetes, saying “give us your
valuables else we’re going to hurt you.”
He narrated that the duo, both galamseyers, robbed the victim of
her Techno Spark 3 mobile phone valued at GH¢600 and also dispossessed her of a
wallet containing voter ID card, Agogo Presbyterian College of Education ID
card, NHIS card, and cash of GH¢200.
Inspector Ofori said the female teacher was waiting for her
colleague at the junction when she was attacked by the gang. According to him,
some youth of the community, who knew of Samuel Osei, went to confront him
after they were informed of the incident.
The prosecutor stated that the youth managed to retrieve the
victim’s mobile phone and other items taken away from her by the gang, but he
was able to escape arrest.
However, Samuel Osei was eventually apprehended on October 5, 2019
by some teachers who handed him over to the Asiwa police.
Inspector Ofori said the convict admitted the offences in his
caution statement and told law enforcement officers that his accomplice only
known as Kwame had fled the community.
He was charged with the offences and arraigned after police
investigation.
From Ernest Kofi Adu, Kumasi
