ABDULAI FUSEINI vs. THE REPUBLIC

The appellant, who was the 3rd accused at trial, was tried together with others for conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery arising out of an armed attack on one Teye Ameko at about 1:00 a.m. on 5 October 2003 at Old Water Works near Akuse on the Kpong–Tema Motorway. The assailants, armed with guns and cutlasses, robbed the victim of a shotgun, BB cartridges and a large sum of money, and inflicted severe cutlass wounds on him, leaving him critically injured. The prosecution evidence was that the appellant was among the group that participated in the robbery, fired shots to scare away potential rescuers, and joined in ransacking the victim’s room. The appellant challenged, among other things, the reliability of his identification and contended that the evidence did not justify his conviction or the sentence imposed. Portion of judgment: “On or about 5th October 2003 at about 1:00am at Old Water Works near Akuse on the Kpong Tema Motorway, the appellant and four other persons armed with guns and cutlasses robbed one Teye Ameko… In the process, the victim was slashed with a cutlass… and was severely injured…”