Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi.
A Kumasi High Court Presided over by Justice K.A. Pobee has convicted two men to serve 18 year jail terms each in hard labour for robbery.
Kwadwo Antwi and Musah Karikari who pleaded not guilty to the charges of conspiracy to rob and robbing an accountant, were found guilty of the offence after the trial.
Presenting the facts of the case to the Court, Mr Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison, a State Attorney, said the complainant, an Accountant at the Ghana Breweries Limited was awakened by sporadic gun shots and loud bangs of his door at his residence at Atonsu Kuwait, around 1:30 a.m. on November 11, 2005.
Mr Otoo- Boison said when the complainant opened the door, he saw about 15 men armed to the teeth who pointed their guns directly at his head.
The prosecutor said the victim was able to identify Antwi, whom he had known for some time and so mentioned his name.
He said just then, the robbers started firing warning shots and in the process injured the complainant. The victim however managed to escape into a nearby bush, giving the robbers a leeway to ransack his room and made away with cash totalling Gh¢25,460 and three mobile phones valued at GH¢450.
Mr Boison said investigations led to the arrest of Antwi. Karikari was later arrested and after investigations, they were charged with the offence.
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