A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Dominic Owusu, a 50-year-old electrician, to\u00a0five years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing three bunches of plantain.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0convict, who was recently released from prison for committing a similar offence, pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n
Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court,presided by Mr. Justice Samuel Obeng Diawuo, that the complainant,\u00a0 Mr Franklin Kwesi, is a security officer at a branch of the Ahantaman Rural Bank ,at Tarkwa, while the accused resided at Aboso in the Prestea Huni\/valley District.<\/p>\n
She said on July 3, Philomina Baidoo, a food stuff trader, returned from a business trip late in the night and left three bunches of plantain in the care of the complainant, who was then on duty at the premises of the bank.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector Tawiah said the complainant placed the plantain under a table on the pavement in front of the bank and took shelter in the security booth.<\/p>\n
She said at about 4pm,\u00a0the complainant did not find the plantain when he went out to the pavement to look for it under the table.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector Tawiah said while the complainant was searching for the plantain, she saw Dominic in front of a shop opposite the bank with a loaded fertilizer sack beside him.<\/p>\n
She said the complainant\u00a0confronted Dominic and demanded to know the content of the sack.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector Tawiah said the accused, sensing danger, confessed that he stole the three bunches of plantain and hid them in the fertilizer sack.<\/p>\n
She said the accused led the complainant and some witnesses to the spot where he removed the plantain from their stalks where they found three stalks there.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector Tawiah said the complainant, with the help of the witnesses, arrested the accused and handed him over to the Police.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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