The Circuit Court in Asamankese has sentenced a 26-year-old driver, Dela Adu Frank, and 20-year-old Desmond Okyere to 40 years of imprisonment for robbery.
The duo conspired to assault and rob a taxi driver of his cab.
They attacked their victim with an object, leaving wounds on two of his right fingers.
Abass Abubakari Adams who presided over the Court said the convicts will serve their jail term in hard labour.
Desmond and Dela were first convicted to 15 years imprisonment each on charges of conspiracy to commit crime contrary to Sections 23(1) and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (29).
The Court also found them guilty of robbery and sentenced each of them to 20 years imprisonment.
Both sentences will run concurrently.
According to the Prosecution Officer, Inspector Samuel Owusu, both convicts together with the complainants were residents of Asamankese, a community in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
He said on Friday, April 1, the two hired a taxi with registration number GR 6261-21 to one of the villages in the area at about 7:30 pm.
Inspector Owusu added that the convicts who were in possession of a black school bag and a polythene boarded the vehicle at Asamankese Bungalow Junction.
They subsequently unleashed severe harm on the driver, who after sensing danger of robbery, screamed for help but the convicts managed to drive away.
A Police patrol team gave the criminals a hot chase and got them arrested after the complainant lodged a case at the Police station.
CCF’s crime prevention advocacy
Aside from paying for the fines of petty offenders, Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has been relentless in its advocacy to help reduce crime. It has introduced programmes including the latest ‘Stay Away From Trouble’ as part of its crime prevention advocacy project.
Through these programmes CCF cautions the general public against acts that could land them in trouble in a bid to curb crime.
The Foundation screens one-on-one interviews with prison inmates bringing to bear acts that landed them in prison and the difficulties they face in custody
