{"id":96485,"date":"2025-09-30T18:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96485"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:50:20","slug":"three-jailed-75-years-for-armed-robbery-in-ashanti-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96485","title":{"rendered":"Three jailed 75 years for armed robbery in Ashanti North"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ashanti North Police Command has announced that three young men have been convicted and sentenced to a combined total of 75 years\u2019 imprisonment with hard labour for charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.<\/p>\n

The Offinso Circuit Court, presided over by Paul Oduro Esq., delivered the ruling on Thursday, 26th September 2025. <\/p>\n

The convicts Nasiru Abdul-Malik (22), Solomon Kwaku Annor Clinton (23), and Hakeem Ibrahim (20) all residents of Asempaneye, pleaded guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n

Each was sentenced to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for conspiracy to commit robbery and 15 years\u2019 IHL for robbery, with all sentences to run concurrently. <\/p>\n

This means each individual will serve a total of 15 years behind bars.<\/p>\n

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According to a press release issued on September 29, the robbery took place in the early hours of 23rd September 2025 at approximately 1:30 AM, after a DAF trailer truck (registration number ER 1703 X) transporting bags of fertiliser from Tema to Wa broke down near Asempaneye, a community along the Kumasi-Techiman Highway.<\/p>\n

While the truck was parked at a roadside vulcanising shop for repairs, the three assailants armed with an axe, machete, and pair of scissors launched a violent attack on the truck\u2019s driver and his mate.<\/p>\n

The attackers made away with the following items:<\/p>\n