Student jailed 25years for robbing victim of wedding rings, GHc53 gets 10yrs reduced jail term

A student convicted in 2015 for armed robbery had his 25-year prison sentence reduced to 15 years by the High Court in Accra on November 29, 2024.

Simon Sowah, alias Mason, admitted to the crime during his first appearance at the Circuit Court and was sentenced to hard labor.

He appealed in July 2024, arguing the sentence was excessive.

High Court Justice Marie-Louise Simmons ruled that the original court failed to consider mitigating factors like his guilty plea and first-time offense status.

Sowah, alongside accomplices, robbed a Total station manager in July 2015 of wedding rings, an HP laptop, and GH₵53 while armed with a cutlass and pistol.

The revised sentence will run from October 2015.