KOJO ABEDU vs. THE REPUBLIC.

JUDGMENT This is a Criminal Appeal against the Judgment of the Circuit Court, Mankessim delivered by Her Honour, GLORIA NAA BOTOR LARYEA delivered on the 12th April, 2021. The Appellant was charged with one (1) Count of Threat of Death contrary to Section 75 of the Criminal Offences Act, (Act 29) of 1960. He pleaded guilty simpliciter and was convicted on his own plead and sentenced to serve six (6) years imprisonment IHL. GROUND OF APPEAL Being aggrieved by the conviction, Appellant on 13th July, 2023 filed the present appeal on the sole ground; 1. That the sentence is harsh and excessive having regard to the fact that he is a young offender, that he pleaded guilty simpliciter and was remorseful at the trial. BRIEF FACTS The complainant in this case Kweku Nyarko is a palm wine tapper and a native of Abeadze Edumanu. The Appellant is Koko Abedu is a driver and a native of the same village. That on 24/3/2012 around 12:30 pm, the complainant went to his oil palm plantation farm...