A KOFORIDUA High Court has sentenced three armed robbers to 50 years’ imprisonment each for robbing a household and killing one Nicholas Ofori, the husband of the owner of the house.
The incident occurred at Agormanya in the Eastern Region on December 3, 2001.
The three Moses Tetteh Nartey, Yaw Mark Kuma and Moses Balobe, pleaded not guilty on each of the two charges of conspiracy and robbery.
The court, however, found them guilty on both charges and sentenced them to 25 years on each of the two counts to run concurrently.
Three other accomplices Michael Osanyogbo, Tetteh Tsu and Emmanuel, whose taxi was used in the robbery all died in custody at different periods during the trial.
Before passing sentence, the judge, Justice F. Mieza Anyimiah, said the court was convinced that the three, together with their deceased accomplices, committed the act and as such it would deal drastically with them.
He said although the convicts said they were not at the scene of the crime, they failed to prove so.
Presenting the facts of the case to the court at an earlier sitting, Mrs Emily Addo-Okyireh, a Principal State Attorney, said on December 3, 2001, Mrs Veronica Ofori, together with her late husband and children were at midnight at Agormanya, when a gang of six robbers armed with guns and other implements attacked them.
She said the robbers shot dead Ofori, molested her and some of her children before they took away unspecified sum of money and jewels belonging to the family.
She said Moses Tetteh Nartey, who was first arrested, mentioned the names of the other accomplices after which they were also apprehended.
The deceased robbers, she said, died in the course of the trial.
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