Accra Jan. 8, GNA - An Accra High Court has fixed January 17 this year to take the pleas of two Police officers and another allegedly involved in the robbery of a GCB Bank Bullion van at Mame Krobo near Donkorkrom in the Eastern Region in 2016.
The two officers are General Corporal Solomon Elvis Mensah, General Lance Corporal Daniel Kissi Abrokwah and Hafisu Mohammed aka Danjuma, a mechanic.
The two officers are already serving 36 months each for unlawful escape from custody.
When the matter was called at the High Court on Tuesday, Mr Justice Charles Ekow Baiden, the trial judge fixed the date for the plea of the accused persons to be taken.
The two policemen are being held for attempted robbery, conspiracy and murder. Mohammed is being held for conspiracy. This was after they were committed by a District Court to stand trial at the High Court.
The case of the prosecution was that Mensah and Abrokwah are Police officers stationed at Donkorkrom.
The officers according to prosecution hatched a plan to rob the bullion van on August 16, 2016. The officers, who were on duty at the GN Bank and GCB Bank respectively, discussed the robbery with Mohammed, who was their friend and also a taxi driver.
The Prosecution said the officers then armed themselves with AK 47 rifles and laid ambush at a spot between Tease and Mame Krobo at about 1030 hours on that fateful day.
Mohammed drove his taxi towards Ekye Amanfrom to monitor the arrival of the bullion van.
The prosecution said 20 minutes after the bullion van arrived Mohammed signaled the Police officers who then opened fire, killing one Sarpong, the driver of the van with registration number GN 1354-15.
According to the prosecution a Policeman on board the van who got injured managed to return fire compelling the two robbers to take cover in the bush.
Prosecution said the attackers called Mohammed who then picked them in his car in their bid to escape.
According to the Prosecution when the Police Command at Donkorkrom got wind of the robbery incident and it mobilized men who then arrested the three accused persons on board the taxi cab.
Prosecution said two AK 47 Rifles, 23 rounds of ammunitions, a cutlass and two metal bars were retrieved from the taxi while the deceased driver’s body was deposited at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for autopsy.
Three other occupants of the bullion van, however, escaped unhurt while the Policeman on board the van was treated and discharged at the Donkorkrom Presbyterian Hospital.
GNA
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