18-year-old jailed 10 years for robbery

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced Prosper Adjetey, an 18-year-old motor mechanic, to 10 years in prison with hard labour for robbery.

Prosper was sentenced by the court presided over by Her Highness Priscilla Sophia Yeboah after pleading guilty to the charge of robbery.

The court heard that on August 26, 2025, at about 21:30 hours, the complainant, Ms Gifty Dzomenor, a factory hand worker, was returning from Blessed Clemetina Church Middle East, Ashaiman, to the Ashaiman main lorry station to board a bus to her destination.

The facts stated that whilst walking, she received a call on her Infinix mobile phone valued at GH¢1,900.00, indicating that upon reaching a section of the road around Queens Hotel, she saw the accused trekking towards her.

It added that as she was about to put her mobile phone into her handbag, the accused forcibly snatched it from her hand and was about to bolt when the complainant quickly held onto his shirt and struggled with him.

Adjetey dragged the complainant into a gutter, where he overpowered her and was about to escape from the scene with the mobile phone, but the complainant raised an alarm, leading to him being apprehended by a mob who nearly lynched him, but for the timely intervention of the police patrol team, he was rescued and sent to the police station.

Source: GNA

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