A 25-year-old level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been jailed 10 years by the Asante Akropong circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, for robbing a hairdresser at Abuakwa.

Fatawu Amponsah, who is also a driver's mate, pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea by the court presided over by Mrs Gloria Mensah Bonsu.

Police Detective Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu, prosecuting, told the court that Juliet Nyarko, the victim, was a hairdresser apprentice at Abuakwa-Asenemaso, while Fatawu resided at SDA junction, also in the area.

He said on June 16, this year, at about 0230 hours, the victim was returning home from Abuakwa township, and the convict trailed her to a section of the road and demanded her iPhone 11 mobile phone, valued at GH¢3,000.00.