RICHARD COBBINA vs. THE REPUBLIC

HONYENUGA, JA The appellant and others were convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery and Robbery by the High Court, Accra on the 11th day of October, 2013 and sentenced to Fifteen (15) years imprisonment on each count to run concurrently. It is against his conviction and sentence that the appellant filed this appeal. The facts of this appeal as presented by the prosecution at the trial High Court was that the complainant is a businessman and resident at Baatsona. The fourth convict is a draughtsman residing at Teshie in Accra. At about midnight on 12th June 2009, the fourth convict and others in masks broke into the house of the complainant, attacked him and his household with guns and knives. They beat them up and robbed the complainant of an amount of One Hundred and Fifty Ghana Cedis (GH¢150.00) and five Laptop Computers made up of Dell, Toshiba, Acer and HP models. The convicts also took away the car key of the complainant’s vehicle and bolted away. The complainant later us...