An Accra circuit court has today sentenced the two men-Stanley Obaliko and Okoe Quarcoe who attempted to rob a worker of the Koala Shopping Mall in Accra to 39 and 35 years each respectively in jail for robbery.
The robbers shot an employee, Lydia Horsu, of the Koala shopping Centre at Cantonments in January 2016.
A taxi driver, who witnessed the incident, chased the two with his vehicle and hit their motorbike—making him a Ghanaian hero who was duly rewarded by President John Mahama and later Koala for his bravery.
The robbers were “sentenced along with three other accomplices which included a supervisor of the shop Gilbert Osabutey and two private security men Michael Edor Ahiataku aka Old soldier, and Frederick Sedro Kwame for conspiracy” reports Citi Fm.
The accomplices and the robbers were given 28 years jail term, solely on the charge of conspiracy.
The presiding judge-Abogyee Tandor stated that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the five planned and executed the robbery.