An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody, four policemen involved in the recent bullion van robberies for one week.
This is the second time the court, presided over by Patricia Amponsah is remanding the suspects.
The suspects, Constable Affisu Yaro Ibrahim, Constable Richard Boadu, Constable Rabiu Jambedu, Constable Albert Ofosu — who are in the dock with a civilian, Razak Alhassan, were first remanded on March 9 this year when they made their first appearance in court.
Charges
Ibrahim and Ofosu have been charged with an attempt to commit robbery while Boadu, Jamedu, and Alhassan have been charged with abetment.
Their pleas have not yet been taken by the court in respect of the charges against them.
Update
When the case was called at 12 noon today [March 28, 2022] the prosecutor, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sylvester Asare, who updated the court on the status of police investigation said the police had made progress and had built four separate dockets involving the accused persons.
He, therefore, prayed the court to adjourn the case to enable the police further its investigations.
Admitting the accused persons to bail, he said, will hamper police investigations.
Counsel for the accused persons opposed the prayer by the prosecution and appealed to the court to grant their clients bail on grounds that they were serving police officers who will not interfere with investigations when granted bail.
Court
The court after hearing both sides upheld the prosecution’s prayer and remanded the accused persons for one week.
The accused persons are to re-appear on April 5 this year.
On the said date, the court will take the pleas of the accused persons in respect of the charges.
CCF’s crime prevention advocacy
Aside from paying for the fines of petty offenders, Crime Check Foundation (CCF) 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.
It has also paid the fines of many petty offenders for their release and integrated them into society.
