THE REPUBLIC vs. BALLA FULANI AND 4 OTHERS [2010]DLHC5379

Date	2010-07-30
Suit No.	CASE NO. FT (CR) 41/11/2016
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC5379

F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

RITA ABROKWA DOKO (MRS.) STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE REPUBLIC.

MR. J.O. AMUI FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND ACCUSED PERSONS WITH HIM MR. AGUDETSE.

[2010]DLHC5379
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BALLA FULANI AND 4
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (FAST TRACK DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CASE NO. FT (CR) 41/11/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 30TH
JULY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>RITA
ABROKWA DOKO (MRS.), STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE REPUBLIC.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. J.O. AMUI FOR THE 1ST
AND 2ND ACCUSED PERSONS WITH HIM MR. AGUDETSE.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A. SITTING AS AN
ADDITIONAL JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>KUSI-APPIAH, J.A.:
The five accused
persons were arranged before this court on 20th November, 2009 on
two counts of conspiracy to crime to wit, Robbery and Robbery contrary to
Sections 23(1) and 149, and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
respectively.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
particulars of the charge against the five accused persons are as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COUNT ONE<o:p></o:p>BALLA
FULANI, AMADU AHEJO, ABDULAI FUSEINI, FUSEINI AMADU, CHARLES MACCARTHY, you on
or about 5th October 2003 at Water Works near Akuse in the Greater
Accra Region agreed or acted together with a common purpose to commit robbery.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COUNT TWO<o:p></o:p>BALLA
FULANI, AMADU AHEJO, ABDULAI FUSEINI, FUSEINI AMADU, CHARLES MACCARTHY, you on
or about the 5th October 2003 at Water Works near Akuse in the
Greater Accra Region, robbed one TEYE AMEKO MACCARTHY of his one shot gun
valued at 1.5 million cedis, one packet BB Cartridge valued at 800,000 cedis
and cash sum of 144,800,000 cedis.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
facts of the case as can be gleaned from the evidence are simply stated that:<o:p></o:p>The
victim Teye Ameko is a livestock farmer with herds of cattle and other animals
in his village at Old Water Works near Akuse on Kpong-Tema Motorway road.&nbsp; He lives in the village with his children and
other relatives.&nbsp; On or about 5th
October, 2003 at about 1.00 a.m. whiles the victim was fast asleep in his room
at the village he was awoken by gun shots.&nbsp;
The accused persons who were armed with guns and cutlasses forced his
door open and entered.&nbsp; They then ordered
him to bring out all his money or faced death.&nbsp;
According to the victim, his response that he did not have any money did
not go down well with the accused persons who subjected him to severe torture
and beating.&nbsp; Not satisfied with the lot,
they requested the almost unconscious victim to take them to the bush behind
his house to show them where he keeps his money.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
the process, the first and fifth accused carried him to the said bush.&nbsp; But when they were unable to recover any
money from that spot (bush), the two inflicted a deep cut at the victim’s left
hip of his spinal cord and his right shoulder.&nbsp;
All this while, the other armed men were busily ransacking the victim’s
room and firing indiscriminately in the compound.&nbsp; The two accused later on joined the others to
ransack the room until they succeeded in taking away an amount of One Hundred
and Forty-Four Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Old Cedis (¢144,800,000:00)
(Gh¢14,480:00) and other items belonging to the victim as stated in the
particulars of the charge and bolted away.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
victim bled profusely until he was rescued by two of his children to Akuse
Government Hospital where he was also referred to Narh-Bita Hospital in Tema.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
7th October, 2003, that is two days after the incident, Police
acting upon a tip-off arrested the accused persons at the drinking spot at
Akuse.&nbsp; The 5th Accused
managed to escape but was subsequently arrested at Ashaiman Lorry Station.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A
search conducted on the accused persons uncovered the following monies on them:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>