A high court in Cape Coast on Tuesday sentenced Kwamena Carter, a 26-year old unemployed man, to 25 years imprisonment for robbery.
Principal State Attorney, Mrs. Hannah Taylor, had pleaded with the court not to tamper justice with mercy when Carter broke down and begged the court for mercy.
Mrs. Taylor said the sentence of Carter should serve as a deterrent to robbers in the country.
His sentence will take effect from 2007, the date he was remanded.
The prosecution said on January 26, 2007, the convict with three others, Emmanuel Asante, Kwabena Ofori and Kofi Tweneboah, ambushed and robbed one Mr Kwabena Owusu, a sales representative and his driver, Mr Illiasu Gibrim, of GH¢2,000 at Breman-Brakwa in the Central Region.
When Carter and the three other accused persons were put before court on January 21, 2009, he pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit crime while the other three pleaded not guilty and are therefore awaiting trial.