{"id":333224,"date":"2017-07-01T12:46:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T12:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=333224"},"modified":"2017-07-01T12:46:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T12:46:07","slug":"two-convicted-for-stealing-a-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/two-convicted-for-stealing-a-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"Two convicted for stealing a cow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two Fulani men caught with a stolen cow have been convicted by the Asante-Mampong District Magistrate Court.<\/p>\n
Ahmed Issah, a herdsman, and Abdul Malik, farmer, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to steal and stealing.<\/p>\n
They were each sentenced to a fine of GHs900.00 and would spend 10 months in prison should they fail to pay the money.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Inspector James Obeng told the court presided over by Mr. Godwin Kpogli, that the crime was committed on June 26.<\/p>\n
The pair stole two cows from a kraal at Anyinasu near Sekyedumase with the intention of selling the animals at<\/p>\n
Nkoranza to raise money to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said one of the cows escaped and as they arranged to transport the one left at about 0200 hours, a police patrol team emerged and on seeing the officers they attempted to flee.<\/p>\n
They were however, prevented – arrested and handed over together with the animal to the Anyinasu police for investigation.<\/p>\n
Ibrahim Alhassan, a livestock farmer, from whose kraal the cow was stolen, later reported to the station to identify the animal.<\/p>\n
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By: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two Fulani men caught with a stolen cow have been convicted by the Asante-Mampong District Magistrate Court. Ahmed Issah, a herdsman, and Abdul Malik, farmer, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to steal and stealing. They were each sentenced to a fine of GHs900.00 and would spend 10 months in prison should they fail to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[276,8798,3],"yoast_head":"\n