Abuakwa: A 25-year-old level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been jailed 10 years by the Asante Akropong circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, for robbing a hairdresser at Abuakwa. Fatawu Amponsah, who is also a driver's mate, pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea, by the court presided by Mrs Gloria Mensah Bonsu.
According to Ghana News Agency, Police Detective Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu, prosecuting, told the court that Juliet Nyarko, the victim, was a hairdresser apprentice at Abuakwa-Asenemaso, while Fatawu resided at SDA junction, also in the area. On June 16, this year, at about 0230 hours, the victim was returning home from Abuakwa township, and the convict trailed her to a section of the road and demanded her iPhone 11 mobile phone, valued at GHc 3,000.00.
The prosecution described how the victim refused to comply with the demand, leading the convict to pull out a kitchen knife and subject her to beatings until she became weak. Fatawu then pushed her to the ground, took the mobile phone, and fled, leaving the victim screaming.
According to the prosecution, some community members who heard the scream rushed to the scene, pursued and later captured the convict, handing him over to the Abuakwa police. In his caution statement, Fatawu admitted to the offence, and after further investigations, he was charged and brought before the court.
