THE REPUBLIC vs. REX CUDZO TSATSAKU AND EMMANUEL AMEKUDZI [2019]DLHC8739

Date	2019-02-07
Suit No.	SUIT NO. F17/02/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8739

ERIC BAAH J.

ANDREWS DODZI ADUGU FOR THE REPUBLIC

ACCUSED PERSONS NOT LEGALLY REPRESENTED

[2019]DLHC8739
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>REX CUDZO TSATSAKU AND EMMANUEL AMEKUDZI<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. F17/02/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 7TH
FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ANDREWS DODZI ADUGU FOR THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ACCUSED
PERSONS NOT LEGALLY REPRESENTED<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ERIC BAAH, J.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
event for which we are all assembled today in this courtroom for this judgment
speech by me, occurred at Kpetoe.&nbsp; Kpetoe
or fully, Agortime-Kpetoe, is a relatively small town, and is the political
capital of the Adaklu-Anyigbe District in the Volta Region.&nbsp; The town houses the famous Customs, Excise
and Preventive Service (CEPS) training academy of the Ghana Revenue Authority
(GRA).&nbsp; In the town also is the well-known
Agotime Secondary School.&nbsp; A popular
annual Kente festival is also held.&nbsp; In
fact, it competes and rivals Bonwire in the production of the world famous
Kente cloth; one of the few distinguished gifts of Ghana to the world.&nbsp; The event shook the foundations of the
otherwise quiet and peaceful town.&nbsp; Men
turned into women.&nbsp; I surmise that the
community; especially those directly impacted by what occurred, are yet to
recover fully from the shock and trauma that they were subjected to.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Etey
Jabez Foli, is one of the notable residents of Kpetoe.&nbsp; He is a budding young businessman brimming
with entrepreneurial skills.&nbsp; He used his
business ideas to set up a business for telecommunication products which
directly employs himself and at least, one other young man named Bennet Adziri&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;.<o:p></o:p>At about 9.45 pm
on the fateful day of 9th March, 2015, the two named gentlemen
closed shop and set off for the house.&nbsp;
Around the entrance to the home of Jabez Foli, criminals armed with
machetes accosted him and Bennet Adziri.<o:p></o:p>The criminals
ordered them to surrender their bag which contained cash and other
telecommunication materials.&nbsp; When Jabez
Foli resisted, he was slashed on the left arm and at the back with a machete by
the criminals.&nbsp; The physical violence,
coupled with the threat of further violence, enabled the criminals to snatch
the bag with cash and valuables from Jabez Foli.&nbsp; They bolted with it.&nbsp; Years of planning, toil and the fruits
therefrom, had been snatched away by a few nation-wreckers.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Jabez
Foli did what the average citizen would do in the circumstances.&nbsp; He lodged a report with the police.&nbsp; He provided the police with a very vital
clue.&nbsp; He told the police he identified
one of the criminals.&nbsp; According to the
prosecution, the criminal identified was no other person than Rex Cudzo
Tsatsaku.&nbsp; The prosecution claim that the
suspects involved in the crime went underground.&nbsp; It was alleged that Emmanuel Amekudzi who was
part of the original plan to commit the crime balked at the ninth minute.&nbsp; After the crime was committed however, he was
alleged to have resurfaced in the form of a “crime
con</main>