AWUDU MAHAMA AND ISSIFU ABUGRI vs. THE REPUBLIC [2015]DLCA8283

Date	2015-11-19
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/01/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8283

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

ANPEM DARKU FOR APPELLANT

MARIE LOUISE SIMMONS (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR REPUBLIC

[2015]DLCA8283
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AWUDU
MAHAMA&nbsp; AND&nbsp; ISSIFU ABUGRI<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/01/2015&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:
19TH
NOV, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ANPEM DARKU FOR APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MARIE LOUISE SIMMONS
(SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p>

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E.
K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI, JA<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The two appellants herein
were amongst five accused persons indicted to stand trial before the Kumasi
High Court on two counts of conspiracy to commit the crime of robbery contrary
to sections 23 and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) as amended
and robbery contrary to section 149 of the same Act.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The complainant in the case
is PW6, Mr. Tawiah.&nbsp; He and his wife
Felicia Boamah were gold dealers at Obuasi.&nbsp;
On 27/12/98 they travelled to Kumasi to spend the Christmas
holidays.&nbsp; Before their departure for
Kumasi they left in the care of Kwabena Obeng an amount of ¢25 million and gold
mineral totalling ¢54.5 million.&nbsp; In the
night of 1/01/99, three of the accused persons knocked at the gate of the
complainant.&nbsp; The son of the complainant
Frank Mensah (PW2) went to find out who was at the gate.&nbsp; Accused told him they wanted to do business
with PW6, so he let them in and informed Kwabena Obeng (PW1).<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
When they met PW1, they
insisted they wanted to see PW6, Mr. Tawiah, although they were told he had
travelled.&nbsp; The accused then pulled a
pistol and marched PW1 into the hall and ordered him to open PW6’s bedroom
door.&nbsp; When he refused, A5 took a stone
and broke the door open. He brought out the money, gold mineral and jewelry
from the wardrobe and suitcases and passed them on to A6 and they bolted amidst
shooting in A2’s taxi-cab which was waiting at a distance.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
On receiving the
information, PW6 headed for Obuasi.&nbsp; On
reaching Sanfo-Aduam and Senfi he appealed to the chiefs to assist to arrest
the accused whom he was told were hiding in the bush around the two
settlements.&nbsp; At the police station Frank
Mensah identified A1 Obeng Gyebi and caused his arrest.&nbsp; Investigations led to the arrest of A2, Kwame
Agyei who was the driver of the taxi-cab they used.&nbsp; A2 mentioned the rest of the accused as
accomplices and they were arrested.<o:p></o:p>