KWABENA NKETIA vs. THE REPUBLIC [2016]DLCA8564

Date	2016-11-22
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/10/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA8564

E. K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING)

G. TORKORNOO (MRS) J.A.

A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) J.A.

JOHN BREFO ESQ. FOR APPELLANT.

COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT ABSENT.

[2016]DLCA8564
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWABENA NKETIA<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/10/2016&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;DATE: 22ND
NOV, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JOHN BREFO ESQ. 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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COUNSEL
FOR RESPONDENT ABSENT<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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E. K. AYEBI J.A.
(PRESIDING), G. TORKORNOO (MRS)
J.A., A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.)
J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS) J. A.<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The appellant&nbsp; in this case was convicted on April 19 2007
for Robbery contrary to S. 149 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) by
the High Court, Kumasi.&nbsp; He was sentenced
to 28 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour with effect from 5th
January 2006, the day of his arrest.&nbsp; By
this reckoning, the appellant has spent 10 years 10 months of the sentence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
What led to this state of
affairs?&nbsp; According to the facts of the
case from the prosecutions side, the complainant, one Cecilia Kusi, lives at
Apraman in Kumasi while the appellant, then accused is a driver who lives at
Anwomaso.&nbsp; On 5th January 2006
at about 7: 00 pm, the complainant boarded a taxi with registration number GT
9104 Q at Ahodwo Roundabout in order to go to Daban.&nbsp; On the way the driver diverted the course and
the complainant started shouting for help.&nbsp;
There were two other young men in the taxi and they held the complainant’s
mouth and forcibly collected her handbag which contained US$400.00, C¢1,030,000.00
(GH¢1,030.00), one Nokia mobile phone, a gold watch, a necklace and other
valuable items.&nbsp; The robbers then pushed
the complainant out of the taxi and drove away.&nbsp;
Some people in a car chased the taxi used by the robbers but the robbers
abandoned the taxi at a point and took to their heels.&nbsp; A Police Patrol Team came to the scene and
escorted the complainant to the Central Police Station.&nbsp; The abandoned taxi was also taken to the Police
Station.&nbsp; The complainant later
identified the accused who came to the Police Station to lodge a complaint to
the Police.&nbsp; The accused said he was the
driver of the taxi which was used to rob the complainant.&nbsp; He alleged that his taxi had been taken away
from him earlier in the day i. e. 5th January 2006.&nbsp; It was thereafter that the complainant was
robbed.&nbsp; On the basis of these facts, the
accused was arranged before court and charged with the offence of Robbery
contrary to S. 149 of Act 29/60 as amended by Act 646/2003.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>