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Court gives three armed-robbers 210 years

By : cd on 10 Jul 2021, 05:01     |     Source: gna

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A Circuit Court at Techiman in the Bono East Region presided by Mr Alexander Graham has sentenced three persons to 210 years imprisonment for armed-robbery.

The culprits, Iddrisu Tampuri, Yussif Salifu and Kwame Owusu age 18, 19 and 32 respectively were arrested by the Police in 2019 after they went on a highway robbery expedition on the Wenchi-Sunyani road, the Court.

They were found guilty of a number of crimes including armed-robbery, and the Court convicted and sentenced them to 70 years imprisonment each.

Their accomplice, popularly called ‘Red’ however, managed to escape.