An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 29-year-old trader, Mohammed Buzu, to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Oral William, and one other person.
The court sentenced Buzu to 15 years imprisonment on the charge of robbery and five years on the charge of causing harm.
This was after the Court had found him guilty on those charges and sentenced him accordingly.
The sentences are to run consecutively.
Buzu, after the robbery on January 18, slashed Dr William s left hand with a machete.
Two other accomplices; Kenneth Antwi and Baffour Adjei Gyimah, were, however, discharged by the Court during the course of the trial.
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