[ 2011-04-14 ]

Labourer, driver in court for snatching cars at gun point
Two persons who allegedly robbed four drivers of
their taxi cabs at gun point at a spot near JH
Plant pool at Dworwulu in Accra appeared before an
Accra High Court on Wednesday.

Mustapha Ibn Asimu, a labourer and Nana Owusu, a
driver, are facing charges of conspiracy and four
counts of robbery.

They pleaded not guilty and the court presided
over by Mr Justice Charles Quist remanded them
into prison custody to reappear on May 6.

Mr Samuel Ofori, who represented the accused
persons, recalled that the accused persons had
denied the offence.

He called for a speedy trial since the accused
persons had been in custody since August 10,
2010.

He drew the court's attention to the fact that the
Police indicated that the incident took place at
the same spot.

Mr John Tulasi Ofori, an Assistant State Attorney,
the prosecutor, said the complainants were Kaman
Augustine, Samuel Tetteh, Robert Adjetey and
Bartholomew Sitsofe, all taxi drivers.

He said in July and August 2010, the Kotobabi
Police Command received complaints from the
victims that their cars had been snatched at gun
point.

Consequently, Mr Tulasi said, the Police
intensified their patrols and mounted checks to
clamp down on the activities of the criminals.

The prosecutor said on August 9, 2010 at about
0145 hours policemen with assistance from members
of the Kotobabi Watchdog Committee conducted a
snap check at Polo Park Junction at Kotobabi and
intercepted the a Daewoo taxi cab with
registration number GC 3830-09 which was carrying
the accused persons.

During a search one tape cord and a sharp knife
were found on Asimu, while a toy pistol was found
on Owusu, aka Nana Kwame.

Mr Tulasi said when the accused persons were
interrogated they confessed to robbing four cars
and the fifth one was what they were driving in.

The prosecution said the accused persons led the
Police to retrieve two of the cars and later the
Police recovered the other cars.

Source - GNA

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