Accra, Feb. 21, – An Accra
Circuit Court, on Wednesday sentenced Courage Dodzi Misho, a 27 year-old Driver
to 27 years imprisonment for robbing one Abdul Bassit Ibrahim Munagah, of his
Honda Pilot car and other belongings at gun point.
Courage was put before the court
together with one Alhassan Yussif, and Aminu Bawa, for conspiring and robbing
the victim of his car worth $56,100.00.
The accused and his team also
took away one iPhone 7 plus worth $1,000.00; an iPod worth $1,000.00; one Apple
Watch worth $800.00; a Gold Chain worth $3,500.00; Spectacles worth $50.00, and
a Garage remote control, worth GH₵2,500.00;
and other personal effects, which were in the car.
He pleaded guilty to both charges
of conspiracy and robbery, whiles his accomplices pleaded not guilty to both
charges.
The court presided over by Mr
Aboagye Tandoh, however convicted him on his own plea in respect of the robbery
charges, while that of the conspiracy charge was deferred.
The court, in sentencing said it
took into consideration, the convict’s plea for mitigation and the two and half
months spent in custody, the pivotal role he played in the robbery, and his
readiness to pull the trigger during the operation.
The court in sentencing also
considered the gravity of the offence upon which the sentence must be deterrent
enough.
While Alhassan and Aminu were
however, remanded to reappear on March 8.
The facts of the case as
presented by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mawunyo Nanegbe, were that
the complainant, Abdul Bassit is an IT Project Manager residing at Oshiyieye,
while Courage and Alhassan are drivers, and Aminu, a computer technician.
He said, three other accomplices
Isaac Dadze, Michael Nii Cato and Kweku Ahale are all at large.
He said on November 25, 2017 at
about 1930 hours the complainant returned home but saw his gateman struggling
with some young men at the entrance of his house.
Before he realised, Courage who
was armed with an AK 47 assault rifle and one other also armed with a locally
made pistol, were standing by his car.
The prosecution said they
attacked the complainant together with his wife who was also on board the
vehicle and ordered them to surrender everything in their possession.
The complainant initially was
reluctant in obeying the directive, so Courage fired at him but the gun
misfired. The other accomplice with the pistol also fired a shot.
DSP Nanegbe said the complainant
submitted to their demands, and Courage took control over the vehicle, which
contained the above listed items, whilst the other three accomplices now at
large, got on board and they drove away.
He told the court that on
November 30, 2017, police intelligence led to the arrest of Courage, who had
brought the complainant’s iPhone 7 plus and the iPod to be unlocked at an internet
café at Kwabenya.
Courage led the police to his
hide out at Medie near Korleman, where the complainant’s apple watch and
spectacles were retrieved together with two facemasks.
He admitted his involvement in
the robbery and mentioned Isaac, Michael and Kweku as his accomplices.
The prosecution said, Courage
also mentioned Alhassan as the one who encouraged and instigated them to rob,
as he took the car to Tamale, to sell.
On December 31, 2017; Alhassan
was arrested at Nsawam with one Toyota RAV4 vehicle in another case.
DSP Nanegbe told the court that
during interrogation, he confessed that prior to the robbery, Aminu instructed
him to go to Accra and that there would
be a robbery of the said vehicle so that he could bring the vehicle to him in
Tamale after the robbery.
He said on January 15, an
identification parade was conducted and a witness identified Courage as the
person who was wielding the AK47 rifle and also drove off the complainant’s
vehicle, on the day of the robbery.
On January 22, Aminu was arrested
at his hideout at Agbobgloshie where he admitted that Alhassan brought the
vehicle to him in Tamale and that the vehicle was in his house.
According to the prosecution, the
car was later retrieved, impounded and now with the Tamale Regional Police
Headquarters.
GNA
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