THE REPUBLIC vs. LAWRENCE ADJEI

“Our world is utterly saturated with fear... we fear being injured, robbed or attacked..." Brenden Myers. And, I add, robbery victims are no exception to this web of fear! What is the genesis of this case? The complainant is said to be an epileptic patient, abandoned to his fate and sleeping in the open. Yet, he was attacked by armed men! That shows the high level of crime in our society and the courts have a duty to bring such monstrous crimes under control. There are two counts on the charge sheet against the accused persons herein; conspiracy to commit crime to wit robbery and robbery, contrary to sections 23(1) and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29. Only the first accused person (A1) is standing trial, the others are at large. The facts of the case are that the complainant is an epileptic patient, with no specific place of abode and comes to the Adum Kejetia area to beg for alms. On 12/07/2014, the complainant passed the night in front of a store near the railw.....