The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old professional teacher to a fine of 7,800 Ghana Cedis for damaging government property or in default spend 5 years in prison.<\/p>\n
Richard Opoku Adjei, who was on the 9th of May 2017 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for robbery, was in police cells awaiting a transfer warrant to prison.<\/p>\n
The Prosecuting Officer, Chief Inspector Yaya Salifu told the court presided over by Mr. Gabriel Mate-Teye, that the accused opened the T&J ceiling in the cell and crawled through to the corridor where he forced about 8 pieces of the plastic ceiling to fall.<\/p>\n
He said Adjei, who was without a lawyer, was apprehended and brought to court charged for causing damage to government property and escaping from lawful custody.<\/p>\n
The accused person pleaded guilty for causing damage to the court property but did not plead guilty for escaping from lawful custody.<\/p>\n
Adjei told the court that, \u201cI was broken hearted for the 10-year-jail term slammed on me for robbery and was looking for bare wire in the ceiling to commit suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trial judge Mr. Gabriel Mate-Teye adjourned the case to June 15th 2017 for his verdict on the count of escaping from lawful custody.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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