Three armed robbers who were jailed seventeen years each created a scene in court in an attempt to escape their incarceration if not for the timely intervention of the police and court officials.
After subjecting policemen to slaps and punches in a scuffle, the accused managed to free themselves and headed to the main gate of the court premises.
However, a warning shot by a police officer stopped the accused persons from taking further steps.
They were arrested, beaten, and sent to prisons.
The Court presided over by Mrs. Priscilla Dapaah Mireku found Nuetey and Sadiq guilty on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and robbery.
It also found Prince Ayitey guilty of robbing one Andoh Antwi a mobile money vendor of GHS 3,500 and credit cards worth GHS 4,000.
Ibrahim Muntari was however acquitted and discharged by the Court at the end of the trial.
Stephen Waja aka Sakibu or Borsu, one of the accused persons, died during the trial.
Prosecution led by Police Chief Inspector John Gohoho narrated that the complainants were Clement Kusewon residing at Alhaji Tobora, Edmund Ntiamoah of Ofankor, Frederick Apiagyei Buku of Lomnava, Andoh Antwi, Maxwell Boakye, and Isaac Agyeman of Ablekumah (all mobile money vendors)
Prosecution said Muntari and Waja were arrested at Pokuase by the Greater Accra Regional Police on the offence of possession of firearms without authority.
On March 17, last year the Police received intelligence that Muntari and Waja were among those who attacked mobile money vendors during the year 2019 to March 6, 2020.
Prosecution said during interrogation, the two accused persons mentioned Nuetey, Sadiq, and Ayitey as their accomplices.
Muntari and Waja mentioned Alhaji Tabora, Pokuase, and Fan Milk as some of the places they had gone to rob.
On March 18, last year, Prosecution said Muntari led the Police to the homes of the three convicts and they were arrested.
Prosecution said at Nuetey’s residence, a locally manufactured pistol eight BB and three AA cartridges were found.
During interrogation, accused persons admitted being responsible for a series of mobile money vendors’ robberies in the aforementioned areas.
On March 20, this year, the accused led the Police to Alhaji Tabora and pointed where they robbed and attacked some of the complainants.
Edmund Ntiamoah, a second complainant, called the office of the Greater Accra Regional Police and identified Nuetey and Waja as those who snatched his car with registration number GC 2094-19 but changed it to GE 547- 19 and used it for their robberies.
CCF’s ‘Stay Away From Trouble’
Crime Check Foundation (CCF) continues to caution the general public to stay away from acts that will land them in prison.
