Tears streamed down the face of Patrick Frimpong when he and his friend Charles Miraku were sentenced to a total of 25 years imprisonment for stealing an Itel mobile phone.
Frimpong and Miraku both aged 20 years were sentenced to 15 years and 10 years respectively on Tuesday, July 10, by Her Lordship Afi Agbanu after they pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit crime to wit; robbery.
According to DSP V.K. Dosoo, on May 5, 2018, at about 11:15 pm at Atico in Accra, Frimpong and Miraku who are both labourers, attacked the victims on their way home after the victims had visited their sister Fauzia who lived around Atico Goil filling station.
DSP Dosoo in his testimony to the court explained that the convicts attacked the victims and asked them to surrender their phones and money.
He said, they only succeeded in seizing Amidu’s Itel mobile phone valued at GH₵300 before bolting away.
A police patrol team later arrested Frimpong and Miraku after Amidu screamed for assistance. It was later discovered that one of the convicts (Miraku) had concealed a pistol on his person during the heist.
Delivering the judgement, Her Lordship Agbanu said Frimpong was given the harsher sentence (15 years) because he pointed a knife at the victims; Patricia Mensah and Shamzetu Amidu during the robbery.
Source: Daily Graphic
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Heeeeerrrrrhhhh Ghana paaaa, and asimesi and obenten are walking free like that? including re-instatements and no clearance by the Police? Koto deaa ne bo .......
Why is this judge waste these young lives. The state must stop this ***barred word*** of sentencing petty ***barred word*** with longer sentences while the politicians and civil servants steal millions and get away with it
SO WHAT ABOUT THIS POLITICIANS IN GHANA S.T.E.A.L.I.N.G, D.U.P.I.N.G, GHANA,HOW MANYYEARS ARE YOU JAILING THEM? ALL THE C.R.I.M.I.N.A.L.S IN GHANA, THE POLITICIANS, THE HIS LORDSHIP HIMSELF IS A C.R.I.M.I.N.A.L.
So how many years is Charlotte Osei and her 2 deputies getting?
and cr1m1nals like Anas are being protected by the law. what kind of injustice is this. politicians have stole and are still stealing huge sums of monies and are still walking abt freely. the creator of heaven and earth is watching all of us.
Kwame, you not serious. they stole itel fon so they should be jailed for 25 years???? wat is wrong with everyone???. the judge is probably suffering from ***barred word*** for this is just not right
Indeed, they deserve that. I equally robbed by this lazy crooks who snatched my phone