An Adenta Circuit Court has sentenced Emmanuel Kofi Mensah, a 22-year-old motor mechanic and Bolt driver, to 25 years' imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a beautician. The court, presided over by Mrs Angela Attachie, convicted Mensah on his own plea and sentenced him accordingly. Mensah had pleaded guilty to the charges of robbery.
According to the prosecution, the robbery occurred on September 23, 2026, at about 2200 hours, when the complainant, Yvonne Dzane Dzifa, hired Mensah's services. Dzifa, a beautician, resided at Adenta New Site, while Mensah, now a convict, was a motor mechanic and also resided at Adenta New Site. The complainant boarded Mensah's Bolt vehicle from Madina Zongo Junction to Adenta.
When they arrived at her destination at Adenta Barrier, the complainant prompted Mensah to stop for her to alight, but he failed to stop, locked all the doors and drove towards the Adenta-Dodowa road. The complainant sensed danger and shouted for help, but no one could hear her. Mensah drove to a location at Mantey Farms along the Adenta-Dodowa road, where he stopped and attacked the complainant.
Mensah demanded that the complainant handed over her handbag and other belongings, but she refused. Infuriated, Mensah pulled out a cutlass from the vehicle and threatened to harm her if she resisted. The court heard that Mensah pulled the complainant from the vehicle onto the ground and repeatedly hit her with the cutlass in an attempt to force her to surrender her bag.
The complainant continued to resist and held firmly onto her bag. After a fierce struggle, Mensah slashed her left wrist and little finger with the cutlass and succeeded in taking her bag, which contained an iPhone 17 Pro Max valued at GH¢18,000, an iPhone 12 valued at GH¢3,500, cash of GH¢3,200 and other personal effects.
On September 24, at about 1300 hours, Mensah sent the iPhone 17 Pro Max to an Apple shop at Madina Zongo Junction for sale. While inspecting the phone, the shop owner saw the complainant's picture on it and suspected that it had been stolen. The shop owner caused Mensah's arrest and handed him over to the Police. A search conducted on him revealed the same cutlass he allegedly used in the attack, concealed in his shorts.
The court heard that Mensah had informed the Police that the Bolt vehicle belonged to a Nigerian friend, but he had since failed to identify the friend and the other accomplice involved in the robbery. Efforts are underway to identify the accomplices and arrest them to face the law.
Key points
- Emmanuel Kofi Mensah, a 22-year-old Bolt driver and motor mechanic, has been sentenced to 25 years in hard labour for robbing a beautician.
- The robbery occurred on September 23, 2026, at about 2200 hours, at Mantey Farms, Adenta.
- Mensah had pleaded guilty to the charges of robbery.
