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The convicts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE BEKWAI\nCircuit Court has sentenced a driver and his mate to a total of 34 years in\nprison for carrying out an audacious robbery on the street of Abuotem in the\nBosomtwi District of the Ashanti Re"},"modified":"2019-08-23T13:39:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T13:39:21","slug":"driver-mate-jailed-34-years-for-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/23\/driver-mate-jailed-34-years-for-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver, Mate Jailed 34 Years For Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The convicts<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE BEKWAI
\nCircuit Court has sentenced a driver and his mate to a total of 34 years in
\nprison for carrying out an audacious robbery on the street of Abuotem in the
\nBosomtwi District of the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n

The driver,
\nAugustine Twumasi, 23, and his mate, Kwame Asare, 21, both residents of Jachie,
\nwere found guilty of conspiracy and robbery and were accordingly convicted and
\nsentenced 17 years each.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor,
\nDetective Inspector Stephen Ofori, told the court presided over by Fredrick
\nNawura that the convicts used a pair of scissors, machete and jackknife to
\nsubdue their victim, who is a nurse resident at Kortwia.<\/p>\n

According to him,
\nthe convicts carried out the attack on February 7, 2019 at about 8:00 p.m. at
\nPentecost Junction near Adom Gas Station at Abuotem in the Bosomtwi District.<\/p>\n

He narrated that
\nAugustine Twumasi and Kwame Asare dispossessed Juliana Adjei of her handbag
\nthat contained a mobile phone worth GH\u00a2600, NHIS card, E-zwich card, nursing
\ntraining ID card, lecture card, hands free, umbrella, a pair of brown trousers
\nand blouse and phone charger \u2013 all valued at GH\u00a2372.<\/p>\n

Inspector Ofori
\nsaid the victim had alighted at the junction, where the
\nincident took place, waiting for her father to pick her home when she was
\nattacked by the convicts who were sitting under a wooden structure.<\/p>\n

She had come to
\nthe area to visit her parents at Abuotem New Site after closing from work when
\nthe duo threatened her with the machete, jackknife and the pair of scissors,
\nthe prosecutor narrated.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ofori stated
\nthat Augustine hit the victim\u2019s back with the machete and subsequently kicked
\nher when she initially tried to resist them.<\/p>\n

He further
\ndisclosed that the complainant\u2019s mobile phone fell off in the process and one
\nof the convict picked it up and snatched the bag before taking to their heels.<\/p>\n

She raised the
\nalarm and Kwame Asare was arrested by some young men in the neighbourhood, who
\nlater handed him over to the police at Feyiase where items in the bag were
\nretrieved.<\/p>\n

However,
\nAugustine Twumasi managed to escape with the victim\u2019s phone, but luck eluded
\nhim when he was arrested at his hideout at Jachie on 28 April, 2019.<\/p>\n

He also confessed
\nto the crime and indicated that he took the complainant\u2019s phone to Adum PZ area
\nwhere he sold it to a dealer for GH\u00a2200.<\/p>\n

The phone dealer took to his heels on seeing the police during a visit. Later, the driver and the mate were charged and arraigned after police investigations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From Ernest Kofi Adu, Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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