Asokore Mampong: 19-year-old sentenced to 15 years in prison for robbery
A 19-year-old man, Ahmed Mustapha, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery and causing harm at Asabi in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
According to the Ashanti Regional Police Command, Mustapha was arrested on July 21, 2026, by the Asokore Mampong Night Patrol Team after receiving information that a 25-year-old man had been attacked and robbed of his mobile phone near the Presbyterian Church at Asabi.
The police said the suspect attempted to flee and hide in an uncompleted building when officers arrived at the scene.
He was pursued and arrested, with a mobile phone belonging to the victim and a cutlass suspected to have been used in the attack retrieved from him.
The victim sustained cutlass wounds to the forehead, neck and left hand and was subsequently taken to the KNUST Hospital for medical treatment. He later regained consciousness and was reported to be in stable condition.
Mustapha was arraigned before the Asokwa Circuit Court Two on July 27, 2026, where he was charged with robbery and causing harm. He pleaded guilty to both charges and was remanded into police custody to reappear for sentencing.
On August 10, 2026, he was brought before the court, presided over by Her Honour Vida Achiaa Yeboah, and was convicted and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
The convict has since been conveyed to the Kumasi Central Prisons to begin his sentence, the Police said.
