KWEKU QUAYE @ TOGBE vs. THE REPUBLIC [2016]DLCA5243

Date	2016-05-24
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/4/16
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5243

HONYENUGA J.A. (PRESIDING)

GYAN J.A.

SUURBAAREH J.A.

MR. DANIEL ARTHUR FOR THE APPELLANT

MR. BEN AGYEMFRA S.A. FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA5243
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWEKU QUAYE @ TOGBE<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<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, CAPE COAST]<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: H2/4/16&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 24TH MAY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. DANIEL ARTHUR 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.
BEN AGYEMFRA S.A. FOR THE RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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HONYENUGA
J.A. (PRESIDING), GYAN J.A., SUURBAAREH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>HONYENUGA,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is
an appeal by the appellant against his conviction and sentence by the High
Court, Cape Coast dated the 28th day of July, 2005.&nbsp; The appellant was charged with Robbery
contrary to section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) as amended
by the Criminal Code Amendment Act, 2003, Act 646.&nbsp; He was convicted and sentenced to 45 years
IHL.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The facts
of the case on which the trial was mounted were that on the 9th of
February 2002, robbers invaded the house of Rev. Father Robert Dawson Amoah at
Cape Coast amid gun shots.&nbsp; The robbers
who wore masks, except one dressed in camouflage shorts and a black ‘T’ Shirt,
ransacked the rooms of the house.&nbsp; The
robber who did not wear the mask shot at the thigh of Rev. Father Dawson Amoah
and in the course of the robbery, the victim heard some of the robbers calling
the name of the robber who did not wear the mask and shot at his thigh as
“Togbe”.&nbsp; The robbers stole the following
items from the house:-<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ¢18million<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $100 note<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $5 note<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One wrist
watch<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A bottle
of perfume<o:p></o:p>