KWEKU GYABENG COLEMAN @ CALCIUM vs. THE REPUBLIC [2017]DLHC17242

Date	2017-07-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CR 85/16
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC17242

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE CHARLES EDWARD EKOW BAIDEN

NANA ADOMA OSEI ESQ

JOSEPH KAPONDE ESQ

[2017]DLHC17242
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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

NANA ADOMA OSEI ESQ.,
STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;JOSEPH KAPONDE ESQ. FOR THE APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

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HIS LORDSHIP
JUSTICE CHARLES EDWARD EKOW BAIDEN<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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The brief facts of the case as found by
the trial court are that on 1 October 2014 at about 11:20 am, the Complainant
(Francis Christian Briandt), a banker, was at his ACP Ridge home with his
family when he heard the sound of their door bell. He asked
for the identity of the person at the gate, to which a male voice responded that he was a worker of the
Electricity Company of Ghana. When the Complainant opened the main gate, the
Appellant and another at large, rushed into the house and pointed pistols at him.
They marched the complainant into the house and robbed him of his flat screen
television, two laptops, three mobile phones, two wedding rings with their
value stated on the charge sheet and a cash the sum of GH¢ 140.00. The
Appellant and his accomplice then escaped on an unregistered Sanili motorbike.
An alarm was raised, leading to a chase and eventual the arrest of the Appellant. The Appellant’s accomplice managed to escape but the laptops,
flat screen TV and one Nokia X1 mobile phone belonging to the Complainant were
retrieved. A search into the backpack of the Appellant yielded a pistol
revolver, fully loaded with seven rounds of ammunition and a dagger.
The motorbike was also retrieved as well as cash the sum of GH¢280.00
from the Appellant’s pocket.<o:p></o:p>

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