THE REPUBLIC v. YUSSIF AHMED AND ONE OTHER AT LARGE

JUDGMENT

The accused person was charged and arraigned before this Court on 9th

March, 2023 on the following charges;

1. Unlawful Entry, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Offences Act,

1960 (Act 29),

2. Stealing, contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act,

1960 (Act 29),Page 2 of 18

3. Causing Unlawful Harm, contrary to section 69 of the Criminal

Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

He pleaded not guilty to the charges after same had been read and

explained to him in Ga, being his language choice. The accused person

having pleaded not guilty to the charges, the prosecution assumed the

burden to prove the guilt of the accused person beyond reasonable doubt.

The facts of the case as presented by the prosecution are that the

complainant, Liberty Obeng is a trader and resides at Darkuman whilst

accused person Yussif Ahmed is a sales boy and lives at Fadama. On 2nd of

March, at about 01:40am complainant was sleeping in his room when

accused person and one other now at large, entered into the complainant’s

room and made away with a cash sum of GH¢1,680.00 and a Samsung

mobile phone valued at GH¢800.00. Before they could make away with the

booty, the complainant woke up and to his dismay, found out that the

music in his mobile phone had stopped. There the complainant saw the

accused person in his room and before he could question him, he made an

attempt to run away. The complainant pursued him and in the process a

struggle ensued between them and the accused person pulled a pair of

scissors and stabbed the complainant’s chin with it. All this while the

accused accomplice had bolted with the booty. As they were still struggling

the noise attracted the Darkuman police patrol team and they quickly

proceeded to the scene and managed to rescue the complainant. The

patrol team escorted both parties to the station due to the injuries onPage 3 of 18

them. Police later visited the scene and saw two phones which belong to

the accused person and same was brought to the station to assist

investigation. After police investigation accused was charged and put

before this honourable court.

To discharge their legal burden, the prosecution called two (2) witnesses

including the investigator.

Evidence of PW1

PW1 who is also the complainant told the Court in his evidence that he is a

trader and resides at Darkuman, a suburb of Accra. That on the day in

question, he was asleep and suddenly woke up to realize that the accused

person