[2017]DLHC17245 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk157437484"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">PERCY ABOAGYE @ NANA KWAME <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. CR 238/2016 DATE: 20<sup>TH</sup> JULY, 2017</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">SETH AWERE-OPANYINYENA ESQ., SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">ISAAC AIDOO ESQ., FOR THE APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE CHARLES EDWARD EKOW BAIDEN</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:7.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:42.95pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[1]<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt"> </span>appeal<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>decision<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Circuit<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Court,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Accra<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>delivered<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>on 2<sup>nd</sup> December, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:7.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:42.95pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[2]<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The brief facts of the case as found by the trial court are that the Complainant, a taxi driver lives at Mamprobi. On 13<sup>th</sup> February, 2011 at about 2am,<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Appellant<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>hired<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Victim’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>taxi<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>cab<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>registration<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>number<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>GS<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>6212-<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>10<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Circle<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Odorkor. The Appellant<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>directed his Victim<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>drive<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to a place behind the main Odorkor Terrazzo road but on reaching a yellow kiosk in front of a certain house, the Appellant asked his Victim to stop. Immediately, the Appellant put off the ignition as his accomplices emerged from the back of the kiosk wielding cutlasses and a pistol. The Appellant together with his other accomplices attacked their Victim and took away<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>his vehicle. A report<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>was later made to the Police and the Appellant was identified and arrested. Following that, the Appellant was mixed<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>eight other persons during an<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>identification parade<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>Odorkor<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>28<sup>th</sup><span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>March,<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>2011<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt"> </span>connection<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>another<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>car<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>snatching incident at gun point. The Victim identified the Appellant as the one who hired his vehicle from Circle to Odorkor on 13<sup>th</sup> February, 2011 and succeeded in snatching same with the aid of other accomplices.<o:p></o: