ISAAC ANIM vs. THE REPUBLIC [2016]DLCA5064

Date	2016-12-15
Suit No.	CRA APPEAL NO. H2/5/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5064

KANYOKE J.A.-(PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A.

SOWAH (MS.) J.A.

MS. AUGUSTINA GYAMFI FOR THE APPELLANT

MR. ASIAMAH SAMPONG FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA5064
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC ANIM<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0"><o:p></o:p>(APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CRA APPEAL NO. H2/5/2015&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; &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: 15TH
DECEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MS. AUGUSTINA GYAMFI FOR
THE APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.&nbsp; ASIAMAH SAMPONG FOR THE RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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KANYOKE J.A.-(PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A., SOWAH
(MS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KANYOKE, J.A.:&nbsp;
This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Accra
dated 5th December, 2013 in which the appellant and two others were
found guilty and convicted of the offences of conspiracy to commit robbery
contrary to sections 23(1) and 149 and robbery respectively contrary to section
149 of the criminal and other offences Act 190 (Act 29) as amended.&nbsp; Each of the 1st, 2nd
accused persons and the appellant was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years on
count one.&nbsp; In addition the appellant was
also sentenced on the count of robbery to five (5) years imprisonment.&nbsp; His sentence was to run concurrently.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Briefly,
the facts leading to the trial conviction and sentence of the appellant are as
follows; On the 23rd of September 2012 at about 1.00 a.m., the
complainant Mr. Gidzi together with his fiancée were aboard a Toyota Hilux
Pick-up with registration number GW.4787Y and were returning to their home at
the SSNIT Flat at Dome from a programme at the Banquet Hall of Parliament
House, Accra.&nbsp; When they got to the
entrance of their house, the complainant – Mr. Gidzi alighted from the vehicle
to open the gate in order to drive in.&nbsp; Just
at that point A1 – Emmanuel Adu-Gyamfi alias Medal&nbsp; and A2 Osei Emmanuel alias Emma with two others
still at large all armed with pistols and cutlasses suddenly alighted from a
saloon car which they had used to trail the complainants and threatened the
complainants with their weapons and robbed them of their properties including
the Toyota Hilux&nbsp; Pick-up vehicle, an i-pad,
two i-phones, one blackberry phone and credit cards in the sum of Ghø400.00&nbsp; The complainant reported the matter to the
police who acting upon a tip-off went to the Neoplan Station in Accra and
arrested the 1st and 2nd accused persons on board a
Kumasi bound vehicle.&nbsp; A search conducted
on them revealed the complainant’s i-pad.&nbsp;
Upon interrogation A1 and A2 admitted the offence
and mentioned the appellant as an accomplice and led police to the house of the
appellant but the appellant was not in the house.&nbsp; Subsequently, the police managed to trace and
arrest the appellant who during interrogation admitted receiving the Toyota
Hilux Pick-up with registration No. GW-4787-Y. Subsequently, the police managed
to trace and arrest the appellant who during interrogation admitted receiving
the Toyota Hilux Pick-up with registration No. GW-4787-Y and quickly drove the
said vehicle together with the 4th accused to Lome, Togo to
sell.&nbsp; The appellant led police to Togo
where the 4th appellant was arrested and Mr. Gidzi’s stolen vehicle
– Toyota Hilux Pick-up was also retrieved at a village called Adidogomo.&nbsp; Further police investigations revealed that
the 1st, 2<sup</main>