A 20-year-old driver’s mate, Yaw Kwadwo Salifu, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour on his own plea for robbing a woman of her handbag. Police Chief Inspector Nana Amofa told the court presided over by Mr Eric Baah that, on March 28, 2009 at about 1700 hours the complainant who is a trader at the Kumasi Central Market was trailed by the accused when she was waiting to board a car home. He said when the complainant was adjusting her baby on her back, she handed over her handbag to her five-year-old child who was with her, and the accused immediately snatched the handbag and took to his heels. The prosecution said the complainant raised an alarm which attracted people around who chased the accused and arrested to the police. He said a search on him revealed a locally manufactured gun and a jack-knife, after investigations was charged with the offence. Source: GNA