By Gifty Amofa/Emelia Nkrumah, GNA
Sogakope (V/R), Jan.28, GNA – The Sogakope Circuit Court has sentenced
20-year-old Eyram Botwe to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for
attempted robbery.
Botwe sprayed pepper powder into the eyes of a motor rider, the
complainant, to enable him to rob him of his Haojue motorbike at
Agorve.
He admitted attempting to commit robbery and was subsequently incarcerated.
Mr Isaac Addo, delivering his judgement, took into consideration the
fact that the convict was a first-time offender.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Elizabeth Effia Tenge earlier
told the Ghana News Agency that Botwe attempted to rob a Haojue
Motorbike from a commercial motorbike rider at Agorve.
She said Botwe, who was the pillion rider, was arrested on Wednesday
January 19, 2022, by members of the Agorve Community after spraying
the pepper-powder into the eyes of the rider causing both the convict
and the complainant to fall to the ground.
Botwe,then attempted to escape with the motorbike abandoning the
complainant to his fate.
DSP Tenge said Botwe had engaged the services of the rider to convey
him from Akatsi to Agorveh and on reaching a section of the road near
Agorveh township, he carried out his nefarious act.
She said shouts for help by the victim (complainant) attracted the
community members who came to his aid and arrested the convict.
She noted that there had been similar attacks by thugs lately, using
the same modus operandi in the region and urged commercial motor
riders to guard against such situations, adding that the recent arrest
by the Akasti District and subsequent sentencing would stem the tide”.
