From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi.
Less than a week after going on a robbery spree at Meduma, a Kumasi suburb, two out of the eight alleged robbers were arrested, identified and sentenced to serve 15-year jail terms each with hard labour.
The convicts, Musah Mohammed, 24, and Rashid Mohammed, 32, were arrested by the police in the course of their investigations and, during an identification parade, all the six victims who were attacked and robbed at gunpoint identified the convicts as part of the eight who had attacked them on April 6, 2009.
They were alleged to have shot at and wounded one victim in the leg, causing him to be bedridden for some time.
They were charged with conspiracy to rob and robbing at gunpoint when they appeared before a Kumasi High Court, presided over by Justice R.C. Azuma, but they pleaded not guilty to the charges.
However, the court found them guilty and convicted them after almost a year’s trial.
Mr Emmanuel Lawrence Otto-Boison, who prosecuted, had earlier told the court that around 3 a.m. on April 6, 2009, the convicts and their accomplices, with the aid of the firearms they wielded, succeeded in attacking tenants of three houses and subjected them to inhuman treatment before robbing them of personal items and cash.
He said in the course of the robbery, the convicts also shot and wounded one of their victims, who was a witness in the case, and robbed him of his lap top, mobile phones and GH¢500.
He said not satisfied with their booty, they again attacked other tenants in the house and robbed them of cash and other personal items before bolting.
Mr Otoo-Boison said less than a week after the robbery, the police arrested Musah and Rashid at their hideout and, during an identification parade, six of their victims identified them.
He said the police were hunting for the accomplices of the robbers and pleaded with the court to convict the duo to deter others from committing similar crimes.
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