24-year-old fugitive recaptured, jailed six years

A 24-year-old fugitive, Abdulai Karim, who escaped from police custody in Sunyani in the Bono Region has been re-arrested and jailed six years.

Karim was on Monday, April 13, 2020 re-arrested and arraigned before court on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, where he was convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment for the offences of escaping from lawful custody and assaulting a public officer.

It will be recalled that the said escapee was first arrested on February 22, 2020 by the Sunyani police and remanded by a circuit court for a series of rape and robbery cases.

Whilst awaiting trial, Abdulai Karim managed to escape from custody, fled the jurisdiction and went into hiding in the Upper East region and Burkina Faso.

The Public Affairs Officer of the Bono Regional Police Command, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong, in a statement said the Bono Regional Police Command, in a bid to recapture the accused offered a reward of GH¢5,000 for information leading to his re-capture, among other measures.

According to him, on the morning of Monday, April 13, 2020, a team of police personnel from the Bono Regional Police acting in close collaboration with several other security agencies in the Upper East region and the Burkinabe police, successfully recaptured the escapee and conveyed him back into custody in Sunyani.

He explained that on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, the escapee was charged, put before court, convicted and sentenced to a total of six years imprisonment for the offences of escaping from lawful custody and assault on a public officer, three years for each offence to run consecutively.