ISAAC AGU @ BENITO vs. THE REPUBLIC

1. This is an appeal against the judgment of a Kumasi High Court, dated 22nd October 2007. At the trial court, four accused persons were charged on two counts of conspiracy to rob and robbery contrary to sections 23(1) and 149 and section 149 of Act 29/60 as amended by Act 646 of 2003. The particulars state that on 27th October 2005, at a spot between Katanso and Bereku on the Accra Kumasi trunk road, the accused did rob at gun point passengers travelling on vehicle No. GT 7908 W of ¢46,028,000.00, $100 and 4 mobile phones whose value is unknown. 2. All the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. But after a full trial, the court found all of them guilty of the charges preferred against them. The court sentenced each of them to a term of 25 years IHL on each count, the sentences to ran concurrently, effective from the 27th October, 2005, the date of commission of the offence and their arrest. 3. This Isaac Agu @ Benito was the third accused at the trial. Being dissatisfied ....