A 20-year-old ex-convict has been sentenced to 25 years in prison with hard labour for robbery by the Circuit Court in Bekwai in the Ashanti region.
The 25-year-old young man stole from an 8-month-old pregnant teenager whom he allegedly raped after taking her belongings.
Details available indicate that on August 25, 2024, Agyemang sneaked into the victim’s residence at Feyiase, threatened her, and robbed her.
After robbing the victim, he also allegedly raped her before he made an attempt to flee the scene.
The pregnant victim raised an alarm, attracting neighbours who apprehended Agyemang.
The convict was arrested with the help of the assembly member for the area and was put before the Bekwai Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty to the robbery charge brought against him and was thus convicted of the crime.
The rape case is, however, pending before the court, as the docket has been sent to the Attorney General’s office for advice.
Meanwhile, the Bekwai court has sentenced a 23-year-old tricycle rider, an ex-convict Kwabena Ofori, to nine years in prison for causing harm to a driver at Beposo. in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region.
The convict is said to have threatened to physically harm the driver because he suspected the younger brother of the victim was having sexual relations with his girlfriend.
True to his word, the young man attacked the victim and fled the area.
The victim reported the case to the police, and investigations commenced into the matter.
After unsuccessful attempts at locating the whereabouts of the convict, police later learnt that he was serving a jail term at the Kumasi Central Prison for a separate offence where he was due to be released on 27th August 2024.
The police then proceeded with a warrant to the prison authorities which led to his arrest on the day of his release, and he was put before the court.
He pleaded guilty to all charges, and the court sentenced him to 9 years in prison with hard labour.