An Accra Circuit Court on Monday deferred the sentence of Frutashi Bertrand, a student of Ghana Technology University College, who was arraigned for possessing wrappers of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
Frutashi, who pleaded guilty to the charge, was convicted on his own plea but the court deffered his sentence to allow for the investigator to bring the forensic report of the leaves.
The court presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandor remanded the convict and deferred the sentence to Thursday, October 6.
According to prosecutor, Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu, the complainant is a procurement officer at High Gate Hotel located at Asylum Down, while the convict is a student of the Ghana Telecom University, Tesano, and a Cameroonian.
He said on September 18, the convict booked a room at the complainant’s hotel for two days.
On the first night at about 2200 hours a security guard on duty at the Hotel detected smoke coming out of Frutashi’s room.
The prosecution said the window of the room was forced opened by the security guard and saw the convict deeply asleep whilst the room was on fire. The Ghana National Fire Service was contacted and the personnel came to quench the fire.
He told the court that properties worth GH¢11,674.50 were destroyed by the fire. When the fire personnel were checking the damaged items in the room, six wrappers of dried leaves was found in the room, and the convict admitted ownership.
Police Chief Inspector Adu said a complainant was made and the convict was arrested by the Police together with the substance.
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Source: GNA