Motorbike repairer jailed 15 years for stabbing, robbing mason
June 2, 2021
A motorbike repairer, who stabbed a mason in the abdomen before robbing him of his mobile phone at Pure water, near Ashongman, in Accra, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
Mohammed Toure, resident of Ashongman Estates,was sentenced to two years on the charge of causing harm and 15 years on the charge of robbery.Sentences are to run concurrently.
The court presided over by Mrs AfiaOwusuaa Appiah found Toure guilty on the two charges at the end of the trial and sentenced him accordingly.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector William K. Boateng said that the complainant Maxwell Awortwi is a mason and a resident of Pure water, a suburb of Ashongman, Accra.