Fisherman arrested for attacking two students
A fisherman last Friday appeared before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly attacking two students with a beer bottle at a beach and robbing them of their belongings.
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Kwame Asong, who was without a lawyer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of robbery and was remanded into police custody by the court, presided over by Mrs Eva Bannerman Williams.
The accused together with two others, who are now at large, is also alleged to have subjected his victims to severe beatings.
Facts
Presenting the facts of the case, the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu, said the complainants in the case were students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) but resided at Kasoa while Asong was a fisherman who resided at Oshiyie, near Kokrobite in Accra.
He said on July 10, 2016, the two students visited the Oshiyie beach to have fun and while on their way back home, Asong and two others attacked them.
“Armed with a beer bottle, they subjected the students to severe beatings and robbed them of their items and bolted,’’ he said.
He explained that the items were two mobile phones valued at GH¢400, one backpack valued at GH¢25 and GH¢250 cash.
“The students raised an alarm and with the help of others at the beach, Asong was apprehended after a hot chase but his accomplices managed to escape,’’ he said.
The court, presided over by Mrs Eva Bannerman Williams, adjourned the case to August 8, 2016.