The trial court found all the Appellants guilty in both counts convicted and sentenced each to seven years’ imprisonment for the first count, thirty years’ imprisonment for the second count. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently. Dissatisfied, they unsuccessful appealed to the High court. The appeal was dismissed and the sentence in the second count was enhanced to life imprisonment. They all preferred an appeal to the Court of Appeal. The Appellants lodged separate memoranda of appeal, containing fifty-two (52) grounds of complaint in all. From our objective reading of these grounds distilled therefrom were the following major grievances. They argued that they were wrongly convicted as they were not arrested at the scene of the crime, the court relied on their retracted cautioned statements and no trial within a trial was held, the identification parade was illegally conducted and the doctrine of recent possession was wrongly relied on.