After serving 23 years behind bars, a mechanic, Yaw Asante Agyekum, who was wrongly convicted alongside Ataa Ayi, a notorious armed robber in 2002 is now a free man after the Court of Appeal set aside his conviction.
In a judgment today (June 5, 2025) a three-member panel at the Court of Appeal, which had Justice Janapare A.
Bartels-Kodwo, as its President, held that Agyekum, who was convicted 23 years ago, could not be linked to the many robberies carried out by Ataa Ayi.
It was also the court's opinion that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to warrant conviction and sentence.
