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Student jailed 25yrs for robbery victim of wedding rings, GHc53 gets 10yrs reduced jail term

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November 29, 2024
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A student who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2015 for robbing his victim of his weddings rings, HP laptop, driving license and GHc53 has had his sentence reduced by 10 years on appeal.

Simon Sowah, alias Mason had pleaded guilty simpliciter (admitted offence) at his first appearance at the Circuit Court on October 7, 2015 and was convicted on his own plea.

The Circuit Court, then handed him a 25-year custodial sentence in hard labour on October 7, 2015 when he appeared together with other accused.

Dissatisfied with the sentence, the convict who had already served nine years of his sentence, appealed against his sentence in July, this year.

It was his case that, the 25 years sentence handed to him by the Circuit Court was harsh and excessive.

On Friday, November 29, 2024, the High Court in Accra, presided over by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons, ruled in his favour and reduced his sentence.

The Court said, having considered the facts, the charges and the sentence as well as the plea of guilty simpliciter, “I will have the sentence of 25 years reduced to the barest 15 years as the minimum prescribed by law with the use of offensive weapon.”

Justice Simmons said, the trial Court (Circuit Court) did not consider any of the mitigating factors such as being a first time offender and having pleaded guilty simpliciter.

Consequently, the 25 years jail term was set aside.

The Court said, the Appellant is to serve 15 years which takes effect from the day of the sentence on October 7, 2015.

Brief facts

The brief facts of the case were that, the complainant was a manager of a Total Filling station at Manfi Akwapim in the Eastern Region, but was resident at Teshie Fertilizer.

It said, on the July 12, 2015, at about 1:20am whilst he was fast asleep in his house, he heard unusual noise and before he could raise an alarm, two Accused persons (a mason and a student) respectively, attacked the complainant with a cutlass.

He was also threatened with a locally manufactured pistol to surrender all his monies and any valuable goods, else they will kill him.

The Complainant who also gathered some strength to face them was subjected into severe beatings.

The Prosecution said, during the beatings, Dedzor who is currently at large and Evans serving his prison terms of 25 years pushed the complainant at a tight corner and succeeded robbing him of his wedding rings, one HP Laptop computer, his driving license, voter’s ID card and cash the sum of GH&53.00 and run away.

The matter was reported to the Police for investigations and Accused persons were arrested in September 2015 at Nungua for a similar offense.

They led police to the complainant house of which they admitted that they were the same people who robbed him.

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