Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Four Nigerians jailed

The Accra Fast Track High Court yesterday sentenced four Nigerians to a total of 360 years for robbery.

The heavily armed Emmanuel Emeka, 38; Samuel Tanko, 28; Promise Emeka, 27; and Efanye Osuchukwu, 33,on February 25, 2006 forcibly entered the residence of an Accra-based legal practitioner, inflicted deep machete wounds on her and her brother and robbed them of valuable items.

The convicts, who had terrorized more than 50 households at West Legon, Haatso, Kwabenya and Agbogba; all suburbs of Accra in Ghana, were picked up by the police force from their hideout. 

Citing authorities to buttress the courts’ decision, the trial judge, Justice Charles Quist, held that the prosecution had proved guilt of the four convicts beyond reasonable doubt.

He added that  robbery was a menace to society and for that reason the court would impose harsh sentences on the convicts to serve as a deterrent.

The court held that the three prosecution wit¬nesses had been consistent in their evidence and there had been abundant proof that the four committed the offence at the residence of the com-plainant on February 25, 2006.

It said the convicts woefully failed in their bid to defend themselves and rather ended up admit-ting the offence during cross-examination from the prosecution.

The four had, during cross-examination from a State Attorney, Mr Paul Assibi Abariga, stated that they usually buried the weapons they used for their robberies on a farm at Kwabenya and later picked them up anytime they had an operation to embark upon.

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