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A driver, Issah Iddrisu, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison by an Accra circuit court for stealing a woman’s car keys and two mobile phones at gunpoint at Gbawe in Accra.
Iddrisu, in his robbery attack, stabbed one Theophilus P Tetteh, the author’s husband, with a knife.
He was arrested on charges of conspiracy, attempted robbery, robbery, causing unlawful harm, and possession of weapons and ammunition without legal authority.
Iddrisu pleaded not guilty, but the Court chaired by Ms. Afua Owusuwa Appiah found him guilty of the charges and sentenced him accordingly.
The Court had previously dismissed Michael Asante, alias Nana, and Samuel Quartey, alias Walker, in absentia, and noted that the prosecution could not bring a case against them.
In issuing the judgment on Iddrisu, the court said it considered the following; the use of a knife and a pistol, the degree of injuries, the increase in robbery cases, the fact that the convicted person was a father of a family with three children and the fact that he was in preventive detention for three years, two months.
Inspector Samuel Ahiabor, a prosecutor, said that the plaintiff Eunice Tetteh was a businesswoman and resided in Gbawe Gonese in Accra while Iddrisu was a driver.
On August 2, 2018, at around 8:00 pm, the complainant returned home from work with her unregistered car.
Iddrisu, armed with a pistol and a knife, led Asante and Quartey to scale a fenced wall toward the author’s compound.
Iddrisu, according to the prosecution, ordered the complainant to hand over the car keys and two telephones.
The complainant, who was overcome by fear, handed over her mobile phones and keys to Iddrisu.
The prosecution said the plaintiff’s husband, Theophilus Tetteh, who was in the upstairs bathroom, heard some unusual noises and went downstairs to find Iddrisu pointing a gun at his wife.
The prosecutor said that Iddrisu pointed the gun at the complainant’s husband and he fought with Iddrisu and managed to disarm him.
The prosecution said that Asante, who was behind the door, tried to open it in order to help Iddrisu, but was prevented by the author’s husband.
According to the prosecution, Asante, feeling the danger, stood up and scaled the wall to escape.
Iddrisu, having been disarmed from the weapon, drew a knife and inflicted multiple injuries on the complainant’s husband.
The prosecution said that the author and the daughter who came to the aid of Mr. Tetteh were also attacked by Iddrisu with a knife.
The complainant’s daughter came out and alerted the neighbors who came to the rescue of the family and helped them apprehend Iddrisu along with the foreign pistol loaded with 20 rounds of ammunition and a knife.
The complainant’s two phones and the car keys were also recovered from the convict, who was later collected by the police patrol team.
The prosecution said that on August 14, 2018, Asante and Quartey were arrested.
