KWEKU QUAYE alias TOGBE vs. THE REPUBLIC [2021]DLSC10794

Date	2021-07-28
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. J3/08/2020
Citation No.	[2021]DLSC10794

APPAU JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

AMADU JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

DANIEL ARTHUR ESQ. FOR THE APPELLANT.

BEN ANSAH AGYEMFRA (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2021]DLSC10794
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWEKU QUAYE alias TOGBE<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. J3/08/2020&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: 28TH JULY, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DANIEL ARTHUR ESQ. FOR THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>APPAU JSC (PRESIDING), OWUSU (MS.) JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC,
AMADU JSC, PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against conviction, and in the
alternative, against sentence, for a crime of robbery committed in February
2002. The High Court, Cape Coast, tried and convicted the appellant on 27th
July, 2005 and sentenced the accused to 45 years imprisonment with hard labour.
An appeal to the Court of Appeal some nine years later affirmed the conviction
by the High Court on 24th May, 2016, but reduced the 45-year
sentence imposed to 40 years.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;FACTS<o:p></o:p>At about 1 a.m. on 9th February 2002,
some intruders invaded the residence in Cape Coast, of an Anglican Priest, who
was also an employee of University of Cape Coast.&nbsp; Their arrival at the premises was heralded by
gunfire and loud noise. They were armed with guns and cutlasses and numbered
about seven or eight. The purpose of their intrusion was to steal some money
that had been given to the priest to purchase a plot of land for another
Anglican Church at Tema. The intruders first went to the Outhouse (Boys
Quarters) occupied by the house help of the Priest, threatened him with
cutlasses, and was so put in fear of his life, that he screamed for help from
the Priest.&nbsp; The Priest and other
occupants of the main house who had been woken up by the noise, also started
screaming for assistance from the neighbours, but no help came. They scrambled
for hiding places in the house, and so some took refuge in the toilet. The
intruders broke down the door of the building by smashing it with cement
blocks, and then three of the intruders entered. Two wore mask, but one, who was
dressed in military “camouflage” shorts, a black Tee shirt, boots and cap, was
not masked. He carried a pistol and torch. One of the masked ones kicked the
priest from behind and asked “Where is the money, where is the money?” The
robber, who was not masked, fired two shots at the priest, wounding him in both
thighs. Those outside shouted back that they were not to kill the priest but to
only take the money. In the course of these events, the priest heard the person
who shot him being referred to by the name ‘Togbe’. He was then made to lead
them to his bedroom, which the robbers ransacked for the money, as well as
other items. When leaving, the robber, who had fired the two shots, fired a
third shot at his stomach. He fell down, groaned and played dead. The robbers
then left, taking with them the following items:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
18 Million cedis<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;$100 note<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
$5 note<o:p></o:p>4.