A 22-year-old unemployed man, Emmanuel Blezu, has been slapped with a 10-year jail term by an Accra Circuit Court for robbing two persons of their mobile phones at Bishop School in Bubuashie, Accra.
The convict was charged with robbery, contrary to section 149 of Act 29/60, and after a full trial, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu presenting the facts of the case before the court said the complainants, Isaac Obuobi Paintsil and Esther Nana Yeboah are friends residing at Kaneshie and Bubuashie.
He said Blezu resides at Abossey Okai and on February 12, 2017, at about 10:30pm, the complainants were sitting on some stones conversing when Blezu and another, now at large, attacked them with a knife and took their mobile phones.
The Prosecutor said after the act, Blezu and his accomplice fled.
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The court presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh said, he considered the accused person’s plea for mitigation and how he readily admitted his guilt.
Emmanuel Blezu told the court that "It is true I collected the two mobile phones. I however gave the female complainant her Nokia Phone because she mentioned my name when I snatched it. My accomplice however took the other techno phone away."