Two motorbike thieves have been sentenced to a total of fifteen
years in prison in hard labour.
According to the Police, on
September 10, 2020, at about 11:30pm Issifu Shiabu hired the services of a
motor rider from Manhean to Ablekuma for a fare of GH¢15.00.
Upon arriving at Issifu’s
destination, he together with Tahiru Aziz pulled knives and ordered the rider
to surrender the motor to them and in the process of snatching the bike, they
injured the biker.
The rider raised an alarm and
Shaibu was arrested with the support of some eyewitnesses who subjected him to
severe beatings. Tahiru managed to escape but was later arrested by the Anyaa
police and motorbike retrieved.
The two were arraigned and
convicted on their own plea.
When passing the judgment, His
Lordship Ebenezer Osei advised the two convicts to end their habit of snatching
motors adding that they need to learn a trade while they spend time in prison.
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