RAMZY JAILED 10 years FOR ARMED ROBERY, GRAPHIC SHOWBIZ, THUR JAN 28, 10 (FRONT LEAD)

WILLIAM Ramzy Amui, aka, Ramzy, first runner up in the first edition of music reality show, Stars of the Future was last Monday sentenced to a 10-year imprisonment with hard labour by a Tema High Court presided over by Justice Peter Offei.
Ramzy and eight others pleaded guilty to the charges of conspiracy, armed robbery and dishonesty receiving under article 29 Clause 146 of the criminal code.
Ramsey who spotted a black suit and a neck tie was, probably confident of going back to the comfort of his home.
He however stripped himself of the jacket and his neck tie which he handed over to his mother apparently to ease the intense heat he felt when the presiding judge began reading the sentence.
His counsel, Capt Nkrabea Effah-Darteh was not in court at the time of the sentence.
Prosecuting the case, State Attorney, Ms Hilda Worwonyo told the court that the compliant the Mrs Cynthia Kordah, a Tema based businesswoman on the 23rd January 2007 reported an armed robbery attack to the Tema Regional Police.
According to Ms Worwonyo, Mrs Kordah said 4x4 Toyota Hylander with registration number GT 6409 X and an amount of GH¢300 were taken from her at a gun point at her community 11 shop the previous evening.
Ms Worwonyo indicated, Ramsey who is the 8th accused in the case on the same day in the company of his friends Francis Amuzu and Jerry Boampong approached a businessman in Abeka Lapaz, a suburb of Accra apparently to sell the vehicle.
The businessman feigning interest in the deal asked for documentation to which the accused persons were not able to provide.
He therefore alerted the police who swooped in on the accused persons when they were about to take delivery of the money from the transaction.
Ramsey and his group was also alleged to have robbed another businessman of his Grand Cherokee 4x4 vehicle with registration number GT 1791 V in 2006 at community 9, also suburb of Tema for which another case is currently pending before court.
He is due to re-appear before the court at a later date for the commencement of the second case.
Ramzy, a budding musician placed a closed second at the maiden edition of Stars of the Future, a musical reality show organized by Charterhouse in 2006.
He also auditioned for the Mnet West African Idols contest in 2007 in Nigeria.
He returned to Ghana after he qualified to take part in the singing competition but his dreams of being an idol were dashed when he was arrested in 2007 along with eight others, just days before he was schedule to go back to Nigeria.