THE REPUBLIC vs MICHAEL TAGOE (ALIAS NII ARMAH) & 3 ORS [2009]DLHC16634

Date	2009-07-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO. ACC26/2008
Citation No.	[2009]DLHC16634

HIS LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J.

ASIAMAH SAMPONG

DAVID ANNAN

[2009]DLHC16634
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</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -0.35pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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FOR THE REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p>

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PERSON<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J. <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -0.35pt;">

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</div>&nbsp;The accused person and three others were charged
with two counts of offences.&nbsp; First,
conspiracy to commit crime namely robbery contrary to Section 23(1) and 149 of
the Criminal Code 1960 Act 29 as amended.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Second, robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Code 1960 as
amended.<o:p></o:p>The prosecution called two witnesses at the
trial.&nbsp; The 1st prosecution
witness (PW1) is Samuel Mark Darko and the second prosecution witness PW2 is
Cosmos Ahiakpa the Police Investigator.&nbsp;
When the Investigator sought to tender in evidence the statement
allegedly taken from the 3rd and 4th accused persons
objections were taken to their reception in evidence.&nbsp; This necessitated a mini trial after which
the said statements were rejected.&nbsp; The
prosecution announced the closure of its case thereafter.<o:p></o:p>After a submission of no case has been made on
behalf of the accused persons, the Court found that there was no evidence
against the 3rd and 4th accused persons who were, as a
result, discharged by the Court.&nbsp; The 1st
accused was however ordered to enter upon his defence which he subsequently
did.&nbsp; It must be placed on record that
the 2nd accused person was never arraigned before the Court. &nbsp;There was an allegation that he was dead.&nbsp; However the Prosecutor never furnished proof
of his death and never applied for his name to be struck out of the charge
sheet.<o:p></o:p>In respect of the charges against the 1st
accused person, PW1 stated in his evidence in chief that on the 24th
July, 2004 he went to the Barclays Bank at Osu to withdraw money in the region
of ¢14 million or ¢15 million.<o:p></o:p>According to PW1, after collecting the money which
was put in a rubber bag for him, he left the bank and as he was going, a car
came crossed him and then the 1st accused came out of the car.<o:p></o:p>Suddenly, the 1st accused pushed PW1 and
he fell down.&nbsp; The money cam</main>