THOMAS BAKER AND DANIEL SACKEY vs. THE REPUBLIC [2020]DLCA9351

Date	2020-05-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO.H2/10/19
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA9351

OFOE J.A

BARTELS-KODWO J.A

MENSAH J.A

GOSFORD SAWYER FOR THE APPELLANTS

DUFIE PREMPEH FOR THE REPUBLIC

[2020]DLCA9351
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THOMAS BAKER
AND DANIEL SACKEY<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GOSFORD SAWYER FOR THE APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>OFOE J.A,
BARTELS-KODWO J.A, MENSAH J.A<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>OFOE,
J.A:<o:p></o:p>The
appellants were charged for the offences of conspiracy to commit crime, to wit
robbery, contrary to sections 23 and 149 of the criminal code 1960, (Act 29)
and Robbery contrary to section 149 of the criminal code. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The date of the robbery is stated as the 3rd
of October 2016 at Agblezaa in the Greater Accra Region. They were alleged to
have committed these offences against the complainant Halimatu Osman. The
robbery was successful in that the complainant lost GHC50,000 Samsung Galaxy
valued GHC700 and further cash of GHC1,200<o:p></o:p>The
facts presented by the prosecution are that:<o:p></o:p>“The
complainant in this case Halimatu Osman is a businesswoman and resides at
Agblezaa whiles A1 Thomas Baker is a driver to the complainant and A2 Daniel
Sackey is a businessman all residing at Teshie and Agblezaa respectively. The complainant
had just engaged A1 as her personal driver for only three weeks now. On the 3rd
October,2016 about 5.30pm complainant closed from shop with an amount&nbsp; of GH¢50,000.00 on her whiles A1 who was&nbsp; by then&nbsp;
at the car park&nbsp; waiting for the
complainant, made a phone call to A2 and was&nbsp;
overhead by a witness telling A2 that, they are now moving out of the
car park and that they should&nbsp; be alert.
The complainant and A1 together with the complainant’s daughter Firdaus Farrah
who is also a witness in this case moved from the park and was heading towards
home. On reaching Agblezaa a few&nbsp; meters
from the complainant’s house, four armed men emerged&nbsp; from nowhere&nbsp;
on motor bike and A1 rather stopped the car and opened the central locks
whiles&nbsp; he stood&nbsp; aloof watching&nbsp; the armed&nbsp;
men subject the complainant to severe beatings and&nbsp; robbing her of an amount of GH¢50,000.00,
Samsung galaxy x6 phone and phone 816. A young man by name Mohammed
Innusah&nbsp; who saw the act rushed to
assist&nbsp; the complainant&nbsp; and he was shot by one of the armed robbers.
The robbers sped off with the money and the two phones. A report was made to
the Manet Police investigation led to the arrest of A1 and A2 having conspired
with the armed robbers&nbsp; to rob the
complainant. Case is still under investigation”. <o:p></o:p>At
the end of trial they were acquitted of the substantive charge of robbery but
convicted for the conspiracy charge and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with
hard labour.<o:p></o:p>They
are aggrieved the trial High Court confirmed the circuit judgment convicting
them for conspiracy and therefore have filed this second appeal which we
reproduce as follows:<o:p></o:p>“i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned trial Judge erred&nbsp; in law and on
the&nbsp; facts in convicting the Accused
persons on the charge on conspiracy.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
judgment of the court is unreasonable and cannot be supported by the evidence
on record”.<o:p></o:p>The
first appeal which the trial judge dismissed was in the following terms:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “PARTICULARS OF GROUNDS OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p>i.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial Judge
erred in law and on the facts in convicting the Accused persons on the
charge&nbsp; of conspiracy.<o:p></o:p>ii.