3 receive 135yrs jail term, 45 each for stealing ghc320- law Court

Three(3) armed robbers have been sentenced to a total of 135 years imprisonment by a Duayaw-Nkwanta Circuit Court in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region presided over by His Lordship Edward Twum, MyNewsGh.com reports.

Each was sentenced to 45 years after robbing four victims of their phones and monies on their way from the market after subjecting them to severe beatings at Subrisu a village near Duayaw Nkwanta.

Ibrahim Musah, 23, Tahiru Mumen, 18 and Bella Musah Jalo 22 were found guilty on two counts of conspiracy to commit crime contrary to section 23(1) of the Criminal offenses Act 1960(Act 29) and robbery.

Presenting the facts of the case to the court, the Prosecutor Chief Inspector Mohammed Adnan revealed that on June 27, 2021, at about 7 pm, the accused persons with five other accomplices now at large wearing masks armed with cutlass and a wood affixed with a spray pipe that resembles a gun mounted a barricade on a section of Adrobaa Subriso road with firewood subjected the victims to severe beatings and robbed them of their mobile phones and a total sum of GHc320.00.