The Cape Coast Circuit Court II has remanded two unemployed men Adjei Mensah, 20 and Philip Ackon, 25 into police custody for allegedly robbing two sisters at knife point at Abura, a suburban Cape Coast.
The accused persons reside at Abura Baaware, a suburb of Cape Coast.
The Court presided over by Ms Nana Aba Kwaiba Nunoo, had earlier granted the two bails in the sum of 10,000 Cedis with three sureties each, but they could not fulfil the bail terms.
They will make their next appearance on Friday, February 28.
Narrating the case to the court, the Prosecutor, Inspector Joseph Laare, said the complainant, Ms Rosemary Bortier, 19 years old is a shop attendant and a resident of Abura Academy.
He said on Tuesday October 24, last year at about 07:05 hours, the complainant had closed from work and was walking to the station to board a car together with her elder sister, Ms Olivia Bortier.
He said Adjei Mensah who was hiding in the bush along the road near Abura market, suddenly came out, pulled out a knife and attacked Rosemary demanding her phone.
Inspection Laare said Ackon also appeared at the scene, held Olivia that enabled Mensah to forcefully take Rosemary’s Tecno Spark seven valued at GHC 2,000.
Rosemary identified Mensah and mentioned his name, but he held her left finger, twisted it, and bolted with the phone.
The Prosecutor said Rosemary and Olivia run to the community and shouted for help and residents came out to assist them to report the case the same day at Abura Police Station where a police medical form was issued to her for medical treatment.
On Tuesday, October 31, last year Mensah and Ackon were arrested from their hide-outs while the mobile phone was retrieved at Akotokyir through police intelligence.
However, frantic efforts are being made to arrest the dishonest receiver of the phone who is currently at large.
