KWAME ASARE vs. THE REPUBLIC

This is a criminal appeal against sentence. The Appellant was charged with the offence of robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Law, Act 29. He pleaded guilty simplicitor, convicted on his own plea and sentenced to 30 years IHL. The grounds of appeal are that 1. The sentence is harsh and unconscionable in all the circumstances of the case and or is unlawful. 2. That as a first offender the court ought to have considered same in mitigating the sentence. The Appellant therefore prays that the sentence be reduced having regard to the circumstances of the case. The facts of the case are that the complainant is a trader at Teshie Tsuiebleoo whilst accused person is a tattoo designer at Kwame Nkrumah Circle. On the 14/03/14 at about 10:00pm, complainant who was going to church at Greda Estate Teshie, on reaching Teshie fertilizer all of a sudden she was attacked by the accused person who ordered her to surrender all her belongings. Complainant by then was helpless a...