2 Robbers Get 10 Years Each

Two robbers have all been sentenced to a combined 20 years imprisonment by the Goaso circuit court on Friday, April 22, 2020. This was after they attacked and robbed students of the Goaso Nursing and Midwifery Training College. Isaac Kwame Bonsu, 19, and Mensah Christian, aged 18, attacked the nursing trainees returning to their

hostel after night studies at Goaso on the April 17. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges to commit a crime, to wit robbery, and were convicted on their own plea by the court then presided over by His Lordship Akwesi Acheampong. The Chief Inspector Daniel Tawiah told the Goaso circuit court that the incident happened on April

17, 2022. He also said the convicts, armed with scissors, ambushed the students near Goaso Methodist school compound and forcefully took away a Techno Spark GO mobile phone valued at ¢1,500, ¢10 cash and some other valuable items and fled into the bush. They were later arrested following police investigations. The arrest and

prosecution of the two come after the Ahafo Regional Police Command, on the April 4, 2022, launched a pilot Community Safety Patrols program in Goaso as part of the strategy for crime prevention, and also building public confidence and trust in police in the communities. According to the Ahafo police command, the safety

patrols are also expected to facilitate the sharing of crime-related information between the police and the community and also help reduce antisocial behaviours affecting people and the communities. As a result, it is believed that the initiative has started yielding positive results. Some students of the Goaso Nursing and

Midwifery Training College who spoke to the Media after the conviction on the condition of anonymity lauded the efforts of the Ahafo Regional Police Command and the community’s vigilance in the swift arrest and prosecution of the armed robbers. They all thanked the court for the judgment, which they said should serve as a deterrent to

others who may also be planning to embark on similar ventures. They, however, urged the police to continue the community safety patrols and extend them to other parts of the Region, adding that it will also help in combating criminalities in the communities.