Yaw Asante Agyekum, an alleged accomplice of Raymond Aryee Ayittey, popularly known as Ataa Ayi, has been acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal after spending over 20 years in jail for conspiracy to commit robbery.
This follows the court's judgement on the case on Thursday, June 5, 2025, after determining whether Agyeman's conviction should stand or if his sentence should be reduced after 8 years of legal battle.
Agyekum, a wrongfully convicted mechanic, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in December 2002 for conspiracy to commit robbery, serving over 20 years of his sentence.
On April 28, 2025, Bernard Kwabena Shaw, counsel for Agyeman, argued that there was no evidence to support the prosecution's claims linking his client to the robberies committed by Ataa Ayi. "The link to Ataa Ayi was that most of the motorbikes used by the robbers in Ataa Ayi's network were repaired in his [Agyeman's] workshop.
