Four Car-Jackers Sentenced To 30-Year Prison Term Each
- Four people have been sentenced to a 30-year jail term each for their role in a car-jacking syndicate
- According to ASP Stephen Ofori, the robbers would bring any vehicles they stole to be sold in Accra
- After the outcome, the victim of the case, Kwabena Appiah, said he was satisfied with the ruling
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced four carjackers to a 30-year prison term each.
The convicts, 21-year-old Jefferey Jomoh, 28-year-old Clifford Opoku, plus Prince Opuni and Kwabena Kyei Baffour, were found guilty of being involved in a series of robberies in the Kumasi metropolis.
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The suspects were arrested in 2022 after they robbed one Kwabena Appiah at gunpoint.
According to the victim, he had returned home from work when the four robbers pounced on him and threatened to kill him if he refused to give up his car.
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He said after they snatched his car, he had filed a report at the police station, leading to their subsequent arrest.
The group first appeared in court in February 2023 and was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
The police prosecutor, ASP Stephen Ofori, told the court that the robbers had been engaged in a series of crimes before their arrest.
He said after every successful robbery, the car is handed over to Kwabena Kyei Baffour, who will sell it in Accra.
The Asoka Circuit Court One, presided over by His Worship Frederick Obikyere, declared all four accused persons guilty and convicted them on three robbery cases.
They were sentenced to a 30-year jail term each.
According to the judge, the punishment is a deterrent to others who may find such a line of work enticing.
Meanwhile, the victim, Kwabena Appiah, said he was satisfied with the outcome of the ruling.
Police searching for seven armed robbers
Meanwhile, police are on a manhunt for seven masked armed robbers who attacked and robbed the occupants of a Benz container truck between Tesiliman and Domeabra near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.
According to the victims of the robbery incident, they were heading towards Obuasi from Adansi Asokwa on the evening of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, when they were attacked.
The armed robbers had ambushed them at a section of the road between the villages of Tesiliman and Domeabra.
Upon reaching that section, the masked men wielding guns, cutlasses and sticks shot out of the bushes they were hiding in and fired at the truck, causing the driver to stop.
They then asked the occupants to descend from the truck and stole mobile phones worth GH₵4,500 and GH₵12,000 in cash before fleeing the scene.
Police arrest four for threatening residents
YEN.com.gh reported that the Ghana Police Service had apprehended four persons who had threatened to harm anyone they encountered at night in a viral video.
The police say all four suspects would be taken through due process and expressed a commitment to maintaining public order and safety and handling such threats.
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