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Two highway robbers jailed

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  • Mansa 10 years ago

    Ten years is too small. They will soon come and do the same thing.

  • yamo 10 years ago

    The penalty for armed robbery needs to be a capital crime, meaning the death penalty. Armed robbers have no concern for the lives of their victims, neither should the courts have concern for the lives of the armed robbers.

  • Ganyobi Ayitey 10 years ago

    What a corrupt & useless Judicial system,by Ghanaian Law, the 10 years is divided into 3,& the state takes 1 part and the convict serves 2 parts, therefore, they will serve less than 7years and come out as free men, how can t ...
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  • AB 10 years ago

    What type of Judges do we have in this country. A man steals a mobile phone worth 130 GHC he gets 10 years jail, two highway robbers, hijack and rob driver and passengers and also get 10 years? This country is being run down ...
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  • ROMANO 10 years ago

    THAT IS HOW FUCKED UP GH IS.

  • myles mawufemor 10 years ago

    is a pity dat such a case could travel as long as 4 years. oh Ghana until when? elsewhere, they could have been jailed in a matter of months

  • THE PEOPLE 10 years ago

    Why only ten years in jail and not more. Such judges are encouraging high crimes in ghana. God, curse such judges for us.

  • NPP 10 years ago

    THE JUDGE ALSO IS ARM ROBBER,HOW CAN YOU GAVE SENTENCE SOMEBODY WHO PULL GUN FOR ONLY TEN YEARS,THE PERSON WILL COME BACK SOON AND DO THE SAME THING,NYEBRO JUDGE HE WANT TO CONSIDER HIS BROTHER.HMMM GHANA.

  • Hmm... 10 years ago

    They should have been jailed for life. What's wrong with Ghana Judicial system? You have found that the accusers are armed robbers so why jail them for ten years imprisonment instead of life imprisonment?

  • DICKSON 10 years ago

    THAT WAS A SILLY SENTENCE METTED ON THEM.SOMEONE STOLE A COMMON GOAT TO EAT AND WAS GIVEN 10YRS.

  • COMPILLER 10 years ago

    How much did you collect b4 passing the judgement? If the victims were your relatives,would you collect money b4 your stupid action?

  • danny boy 10 years ago

    we are talking of ARMED ROBBER not thief, this gangsters are in 2 kill, rape,nd destroy, they should be sentence 2 death or life in prison.

  • Mahmoud Dandey 10 years ago

    Ten years for each armed robber is too lenient. The police must appeal or the robbery case must be re-visited.