The Accra circuit court, presided over by Afia Owusua Appiah, has remanded Jeffrey Johnson, a bus conductor, locally known as ‘mate’ into police custody, over an alleged act of robbery.
Jeffery is accused of having used an offensive weapon, knife, on his victims and succeeded in robbing them of their three mobile phones, all to the tune of GH¢4, 200.00
He pleaded not guilty to the offences of robbery and causing unlawful harm, when presented before the court on February 22, 2024. He would remain in police custody till March 7, 2024, which is the next adjourned date.
The facts of the case
Chief Inspector Wisdom Alorwu, the prosecutor, narrated to the court that the accused seized from the complaint, Ebenezer Darpah, a chef at Papaye Food Company, one iPhone X valued GH¢2,400 and One Huawei Y9 valued GH¢1,500 and a Nokia phone valued GH¢250.
He said the chef and another, Rosemary Akorli, also Kitchen assistant at Papaya Food Company, are the complainants.
According to him, on February 17, 2024 and between the hours of 1:00am and 1:30am, the accused person with an accomplice currently at large, rode to the complainants’ house on a motorbike, when they have just returned from work.
Jeffery and his accomplice attacked the complainants and in the process Ebenezer was stabbed with a pair of scissors on his right hand and succeeded in robbing them of one IPhone X, one Huawei Y9 and an itel phone, all valued at GHC4200.00 and bolted.
The complainant raised alarm and some of the people living in the area surrounded the accused and his accomplice.
Luck eluded Jeffery and he was arrested, but his accomplice managed to escape on the motor bike.
The complainants identified Jeffery as their attacker and were later handed over to the police patrol team that came to the scene.
A search conducted on the accused revealed one itel phone and the scissors he used in committing the alleged crime.
After investigation accused person was charged and brought to the court while efforts are being made to arrest the other person who is on the run.
