Court of Appeal to rule on Ataa Ayi accomplice’s 35-year sentence on 5 June

The Court of Appeal has set 5 June to deliver judgement in the case of Yaw Asante Agyeman, an alleged accomplice of the infamous Ayi Ayeetey, also known as Ataa Ayi, who is currently serving almost 100 years for armed robbery and other offences.

Asante Agyeman, a mechanic, was sentenced to 35 years in December 2002 for conspiracy to commit robbery and has since served over 20 years of his jail term.

In court on Monday, 28 April, counsel for Asante Agyeman, Bernard Kwabena Shaw, argued that there was no evidence to support the prosecution’s claims linking his client to the robberies.

After eight years of legal battle, the court is now poised to deliver its judgement on the appeal.

“The link to Ataa Ayi was that most of the bikes used by the robbers in Ataa Ayi’s fraternity were repaired in his workshop. So, when the swoop was done on Ataa Ayi, for some reason, because they saw his name on their phones, they charged him together with the others for conspiracy to commit robbery. He had no counsel and was sentenced to 35 years with the others,” Shaw told journalists.

He indicated that the case was brought to his attention by the then-Governor of Nsawam Prison.

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