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SHERRY KPADU V. THE REPUBLIC

(2020) JELR 111067 (HC)

High Court  •  CASE NO. F22/21/2021  •  3 Nov 2020  •  Ghana

Coram
GEORGE BUADI J

Appearances
The Appellant was unrepresented; Freda Ameke Ms. (Asst. State Attorney) for the Republic.

Judgement

1.0 Background

1.1 This is a criminal appeal against the 12 years prison sentence that the trial Circuit Court, Keta on 12 May 2017 imposed on the appellant after the conviction of various crimes the appellant together with the other convicts committed. The appellant is unrepresented in this appeal. He personally with the aid of the Welfare Officer of the hosting prison facility filed this appeal upon leave of the Court dated 19 October 2020.Ā 

1.2 The relevant brief facts are that on 12 May 2017, the trial Circuit Court convicted the appellant and three other accused persons for six offences ranging variously from conspiracy, unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage, stealing, abetment of crime, and having in possession stolen property contrary to law. All the accused persons including the appellant denied the charges culminating in their trial by the Circuit Court, but as I have stated just above, the trial court found the appellant and the other accused persons guilty of the charges, s…

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