Court fixes judgement on November 17
for police robbery case
Accra, Oct. 6, Ghanadot/GNA
– An Accra Circuit has fixed Tuesday, November 17, for
judgement in the case in which six policemen and five others
are standing trial for allegedly robbing Mr Kwaku Duah, a
Ghanaian businessman of 53,000 dollars at a hotel in
Dzorwulu, a suburb of Accra.
Mr Justice Iddrisu Mahamadu, the Presiding Judge said the
adjournment was to allow enough time to prepare the
judgment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Patrick Kwapong
together with Chief Inspector Thomas Adu, Sergeant John
Adjapong, Corporal Lawrence Dennis Quansah, Lance Corporal
Karim Muntari and Constable Benjamin Blejumah are being held
on charges of conspiracy.
The rest are Aams Amanor, Kwasi Tawiah, Peter Kwame Gyasi
aka Kwame Tawiah and Bismark Ampofo.
Apart from DSP Kwapong, the rest are facing additional
charge of robbery.
They have all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
However Constable Ken Duodu Acheampong, one Jeffery aka Kay
and three others are on the run.
The facts are that Aams Amanor is known to the complainant,
Mr Duah in Switzerland.
Sometime, last year, Mr Duah discussed with Amanor to return
to Ghana to purchase gold and Amanor assured the complainant
of his assistance.
Consequently, the complainant arrived in Ghana on February
1, and checked in at Relax Court Hotel at Dzorwulu in Accra
and got in touch with Amanor who informed him about the
dealers in the gold.
The following day, at about 1000 hours, Amanor and Jeffery,
now at large, armed with a pistol, Gyasi, and a Nigerian
also at large, went to the room of the complainant under the
pretext of transacting the gold business between the
complainant and Jeffery.
Before the meeting, Jeffery and the Nigerian had arranged
with Amanor, who had instructed Chief Inspector Adu,
Sergeant Adjapong, Corporal Quansah and a soldier, who is
also at large, to the hotel.
When they reached there they met Lance Corporal Muntari,
Constables Acheampong and Blejumah.
They broke into the complainant’s room where Jeffery pulled
a pistol and beat the complainant until he bled from the
nose.
They also searched the room and took two envelopes
containing 53,000 dollars, 800 Euros, GH¢2,000 from the
complainant’s pocket.
In addition, they took away a black bag containing two
walkman CD players, a digital camera valued at 4,000
dollars; two bunches of keys and a Standard Chartered Bank
cheque book.
They arrested the complainant and later abandoned him at
Tema after which he reported the matter to the police; the
accused persons were arrested and after investigations
charged with the offence.
GNA
