Three motor riders on bail over alleged robbery

Three commercial motorbike riders were on Tuesday granted a GH¢50,000.00 bail with two sureties each by the Amasaman Circuit Court over an alleged robbery.

The sureties for Richard Lamptey, 18, alias Patapa; Bright Guamah, alias Barrister, 24; and Michael Tetteh, aka Password, 23, are to be justified with title deed documents.

They denied conspiring to rob Madam Yaa Horsu, a food vendor, and are to deposit their valid national identity cards with the court’s registry.

Lamptey, Guamah, and Tetteh are to make their next appearance on April 2, 2025, before the court, presided over by Enid Marful-Sau.

Police Chief Inspector Benjamin Arthur, giving the facts of the case, said Madam Horsu, the complainant, was a food vendor at Dome Sampaman in Accra, the same area where Lamptey lived.

He said Guamah and Tetteh lived at Kwashiekuma and Addeyman, respectively.

On October 23, 2024, at about 04:00 hours, the complainant was trekking to the market with three others when three young men, armed with a machete and riding an unregistered motorbike, suddenly pulled up and furiously ordered her to surrender everything in her possession or they would butcher her.

The prosecution said the three accused persons succeeded in robbing the complainant of her mobile phone (value unknown) and cash amounting to GH¢6,400.00 before fleeing the scene.

Intelligence gathered led to the arrest of the accused persons, the prosecution added.

They were cautioned, and Tetteh admitted to conspiring with Lamptey and Guamah to rob the complainant, the court heard.

They were arraigned after investigations.