Two remanded for robbery

Accra, May 4, Ghanadot/GNA - Two persons who robbed a driver of his taxi cab, took all his belongings and money and stripped him naked, were on Monday put before a Circuit Court in Accra charged with conspiracy and robbery.

Mazu Ali, an aluminium fabricator and Stephen Nyadzi, a mason, pleaded not guilty.

The court, presided over by Mr Iddrisu Mahamadu remanded them into prison custody to reappear on May 18.

Chief Inspector R.K. Dogbeti, the prosecutor, said on January 18 at about 11:30 pm, Ali, 25, and Nyadzi, 30, stopped the taxi cab being driven by Mr Richard Ansah on the Akweteman Road and asked him to take them to Kingsby at Achimota in Accra.

On their way, the prosecution said, Ali asked Mr Ansah, who is also a library assistant, to stop so that he could alight from the car.

As soon as the car stopped, Nyadzi held Mr Ansah’s neck and pointed a knife at him. Ali removed his trousers and they succeeded in collecting his GH¢ 50, a Sony Erickson mobile phone valued at GH¢ 160 cedis and bunch of keys.

The prosecution said the accused bolted with Mr Ansah’s car with registration GE 191 W.

Some time later Mr Ansah spotted the two accused persons and raised the alarm.

Nyadzi was arrested but Ali escaped. When Nyadzi was searched, the complainant’s identity card and cash of GH¢ 70 was found on him.

The prosecution said although the car was retrieved, the car stereo and battery had been removed.

On April 17, Ali, who was arrested for stealing a mobile phone, was identified as Nyadzi’s accomplice.

GNA