Man gets life imprisonment for robbing and killing Engineer

Accra, July 29, GNA - A 23 year-old apprentice electrician, who robbed and killed an Electrical Engineer at Mamprobi in Accra six years ago was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a High Court in Accra. A seven-member jury found Ismaila Nunoo Lartey guilty of conspiracy and robbery.

Evidence before court presided over by Mrs Justice Avril Anin-Yeboah was that at about 1000 hours on September 30, 1999, Dr Jonathan Acheampong, was robbed and killed in his house at Akoshie Junction at Mamprobi.

The robbers made away with two computers, three typewriters, four electronic sound systems, two mobile phones and a car, which was later abandoned at Bank Quarters, near Odorkor.

The Prosecution said a number of suspects were arrested for the offence. On December 28, 1999 upon a tip off, the Police arrested Lartey, alias Theo, at Gbawe with the assorted electrical gadgets of the deceased.

It said fingerprints taken by the Police tallied with those on the vehicle.

During interrogation, Lartey confessed and named his accomplices as Shola Ogunkiled and Fred Olla, both Nigerians, who are at large. Lartey also said one Sulley Asamoah, the Houseboy of the deceased, who was used as a Prosecution Witness, was the one who brought the idea of robbing his master for failing to pay him regularly.

Asamoah denied the allegation but stated that Lartey was his friend, who visited him regularly at the residence of the deceased.