A worker with the Kaneshie branch of Fidelity Bank, Osman Abdul Gafaru was yesterday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for attempted robbery in January last year. The convict was a vault assistant with the bank, but together with his accomplice, Caesar who is currently at large attempted to rob the bank.
Luck eluded Osman Abdul Gafaru as he got arrested by residents when he entered the bank to rob. His accomplice who was standing outside and spying was able to escape.
Gafaru pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery, attempt to commit crime, unlawful entry and causing unlawful damage.
However, the court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh found him guilty of three of the offences. He was acquitted and discharged of the charge of conspiracy to commit robbery.
The Judge in pronouncing the sentence said the convict’s stay in custody for about a year already mitigated the sentence. He ceased the opportunity to counsel the youth that “do not allow your friends to influence you to break the law, all in the name of making quick money,’’
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu narrated to the court that on January 20, 2016, the convict and his accomplice went to the bank at about 7:30 p.m. with the intention to rob.
When they got there, the security man had gone to buy food and Gafaru went for the keys and then locked the main gate.
He said “with the aid of a pinch bar and a claw hammer, Gafaru and Caesar broke into the bank. Gafaru entered the bank to steal, while Caesar was spying.”
Chief Inspector Adu stated that the security man had to climb the wall into the premises upon return when he realised that the gate was locked.
He further stated that “on entering the premises, Caesar attacked him with a knife and stabbed him in his right palm and on his forehead. The security man started bleeding profusely and screamed for assistance. Then a group of young men went to his aid.”
Gafaru tried to escape but he was apprehended by the youth and sent to the Kaneshie Police Station, but Caesar successfully escaped.
Luck eluded Osman Abdul Gafaru as he got arrested by residents when he entered the bank to rob. His accomplice who was standing outside and spying was able to escape.
Gafaru pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery, attempt to commit crime, unlawful entry and causing unlawful damage.
However, the court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh found him guilty of three of the offences. He was acquitted and discharged of the charge of conspiracy to commit robbery.
The Judge in pronouncing the sentence said the convict’s stay in custody for about a year already mitigated the sentence. He ceased the opportunity to counsel the youth that “do not allow your friends to influence you to break the law, all in the name of making quick money,’’
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu narrated to the court that on January 20, 2016, the convict and his accomplice went to the bank at about 7:30 p.m. with the intention to rob.
When they got there, the security man had gone to buy food and Gafaru went for the keys and then locked the main gate.
He said “with the aid of a pinch bar and a claw hammer, Gafaru and Caesar broke into the bank. Gafaru entered the bank to steal, while Caesar was spying.”
Chief Inspector Adu stated that the security man had to climb the wall into the premises upon return when he realised that the gate was locked.
He further stated that “on entering the premises, Caesar attacked him with a knife and stabbed him in his right palm and on his forehead. The security man started bleeding profusely and screamed for assistance. Then a group of young men went to his aid.”
Gafaru tried to escape but he was apprehended by the youth and sent to the Kaneshie Police Station, but Caesar successfully escaped.
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