KWEKU REUBEN@MOGYA vs. THE REPUBLIC.

APALOO JA; The appellant and two other persons were charged with offences of Conspiracy to commit Robbery contrary to section 23(1) and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act 29 and Robbery contrary to section 149 of Act 29. The Prosecution alleged that on 24th February, 2005 at about 10.15pm the complainant who is the Assistant Manager of the Goil Filling Station in Koforidua had returned home from work and was about to open the gate of his house when he was attacked by the appellant and his co-accused persons and four others at large. The appellant and his accomplices who were wielding guns succeeded in robbing the complainant of an amount of ¢120,000,000.00 now GH¢12,000.00 being sales for the day and a pump action gun he had in his vehicle. The robbers succeeded in robbing the second complainant (the wife of the complainant’s uncle) who was with the complainant of an amount of ¢2,000,000.00 now GH¢200.00, a nokia mobile phone, a pair of jeans trousers, a flask cont...