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Trader jailed 80 years for robbery

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  • Jamal Abdul Nasir 10 years ago

    Crime is on the increase in Ghana so stiffer and stern punishment should be meted out to culprits to serve as deterrent to others.

  • opusuodum 10 years ago

    Thank you Mr F Obiri you are good and keep it up let them go and die in there

  • Don Blunt 10 years ago

    He has been jailed to a maximum of 30 years. That 80 years is just acrobatic, to make it sound bombastic.

  • MAAME 10 years ago

    What sense does this re.make? If even its 10 years plus his age is something.If you are one of them, then have a second thought because jail is jail and it will definitely destroy your life.

  • mensah abrampa 10 years ago

    80 years for armed robbery? Decent society heaved a sigh of relief and are ecstastic about his removal. Good riddance! I'm sure society at large will not miss him one little bit.
    If a robber gets 80 years for violent crime ...
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  • Johannes odjao 10 years ago

    YES! A GOOD ONE THERE. THANKS TO DE DRIVER WHO HELP IN THEIR ARREST. I LOVE THE SENTENCE: 80 YEARS. THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE WIPE LIKE DIS 2 SCARE THOSE INVOLVE TO STOP ARMED ROBBERY BUSINESS

  • Ghana 10 years ago

    If they had been woman they would be compensated. What happened to the panty thieves ?

  • who born dog 10 years ago

    thank you

  • king Boye 10 years ago

    Mr Obiri thank you.You are the best iudge in our dear country Ghana God bless you.

  • Yao Andrews Yao 10 years ago

    If the sentences of 20+30+30 years are to run "concurrently" as indicated in the news item, then what it means is that the convict is going in for only the highest sentence of 30 and not the total of the 3 which is 80 as the ...
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  • MAAME 10 years ago

    So what is your problem about this? I can see you are one of them.No wonder, you came in as Blunt to set the records straight and changed to Yao its still the same no difference.Change your mind for the better because even a ...
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  • KKD 10 years ago

    Maame. What make you think Yao or Blunt is an armed robber? The person who put the story on the internet made a mistake, and that is what he is correcting. Apparently, he does not understand the word concurrent. Yao and B ...
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  • mayor 10 years ago

    maame dont you understand the word concurrent? then take a dictionary and check it up period.

  • SAM 10 years ago

    All the sentences is 20+30=50 because 30yrs each is running currentely

  • Dan Keita 10 years ago

    Yes, if the judge had said the sentences are to run "consecutively" then that would have called for the totality of the sentences which is 20+30+30=80.

  • fredsaid 10 years ago

    So a convicted robber gets 80 years. How many years are convicted members of the looting brigades going to get where convicted?