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Sunyani, March 23,
2015 -RICHARD AKWASI Yeboah, 21, was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by a
Sunyani Circuit Court on Friday after he was found guilty of robbery and
illegal possession of firearm.
Akwasi
Yeboah, a resident of Berekum in the Brong-Ahafo Region, was accosted on
Thursday, March 19, at Nkwabeng, a suburb of Sunyani by the residents of the
community during a robbery operation.
Narrating
the incident to DAILY GUIDE, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)
Christopher Tawiah, Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, said
at about 12:30 noon, the Regional Police Commander, DCOP Maxwell Sakipasgo
Atingane, received information about the robbery and directed the mobile patrol
team to move to the crime scene.
According
to the PRO, when the police patrol team got to the scene, they saw the convict,
whose legs and hands had been tied with nylon rope on the ground.
The
residents explained that Akwasi Yeboah broke into the room of one John Amankona
Bediako and stole a number of items, including cash of GH¢1,688, Samsung mobile
phone, laptop and DVD player.
When
the victim raised the alarm, the convict took to his heels and fired his pistol
indiscriminately at the mob who chased him.
The
PRO said Akwasi Yeboah fired the gun until he run out of bullets, adding that
grabbed him and subjected him to severe beatings. The police retrieved his
pistol and some of the stolen items.
ASP
Tawiah said the police rescued him when they got to the scene and conveyed him
to the Regional Police Headquarters. He was later transported to the hospital
for treatment and arraigned before the court.
Meanwhile,
the Regional Police Command has advised the general public not to resort to mob
justice anytime they arrest a criminal, saying that lynching of suspects is
prohibited by law.
Source:
Fred Tettey Alarti-Amoako
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