Mechanic remanded for alleged robbery

A 19 year-old Mechanic was on Tuesday remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing an iPhone worth Ghc 3,000.00 belonging to his supervisor.

Anthony Bansah pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded by the court to reappear on March 31.

Prosecuting Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kweku Bempah told the court that the complainant is Bai Xiaoyong, a Chinese supervisor at the Rong Chen Company Limited, manufacturers of T and J plastic panels while the accused person is a Mechanic with the same company.

He said on March 8, at about 1900 hours the accused person and his colleagues reported for work as usual at 0200 hours, Anthony sneaked out of the factory and used a long metal bar to create an open in a wall into the engine room.

He said the accused person then passed through the opening into the engine room, changed his dress to all black and switched off the plant that controls supply of water to all the manufacturing machines in the factory.

The prosecution said the complainant with his iPhone mobile phone rushed into the dark engine room to restore the machine. Immediately he entered the accused person held him by the neck from behind.

The accused person used a fully charged teaser shocker against the neck of the complainant to overpower him. He also bit the left ear of the complainant resulting in a cut.

DSP Bempah said in the process of inflicting pains on the complainant, Anthony forcible collected the iPhone valued GH? 3,000.00 from him and escaped through the open that he had created in the wall.

He said the accused person hid the phone under a container in the yard and quickly changed his dress from all black into green singlet and jeans shorts, and entered through the main gate to the bathroom, where he stayed for 30 minutes before showing up.

He told the court that a distress call was made to the police, and during interrogation of all the workers, it came to light that Anthony was the only one whose whereabout was not known at the time of the attack. He was therefore arrested for interrogation.

The prosecution said examination on his body revealed bruises and blood stains and upon interrogation to how he sustained those wounds, Anthony broke down and confessed to the crime with the excuse that it was in protest for salary increment which the Chinese’s had refused to pay.

He led the police to retrieve the phone kept under a container, together with the black dress and the metal bar.