{"id":401679,"date":"2018-02-16T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=401679"},"modified":"2018-02-16T05:46:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T05:46:16","slug":"er-three-jailed-for-illegal-mining-at-segyimase-kyebi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/er-three-jailed-for-illegal-mining-at-segyimase-kyebi\/","title":{"rendered":"E\/R: Three jailed for illegal mining at Segyimase Kyebi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Koforidua Circuit Court has sentenced a 27-year-old carpenter Akwasi Agyemang and a 37-year-old farmer, Yaw Osei to four years in prison for mining illegally at Segyimase Kyebi in the Atewa Forest reserve in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>A third person, 35-year-old tiler, Kwasi Poku, has been sentenced to serve two years in prison and is due to reappear in court.<\/p>\n<p>The three were all convicted\u00a0 after they pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit crime, mining without authority, mining without license and possession of firearms without lawful authority.<\/p>\n<p>They were arrested on Monday by personnel from the Forestry Commission following a tip off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-401681 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Culprit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Culprit-1.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Culprit-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Culprit-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Culprit-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Presiding Judge, Her Lordship, Ms Mercy Addai-Kotei sentenced the accused persons to pay a penalty unit of GH\u00a22,500 and in addition, serve two years in prison after they pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit crime.<\/p>\n<p>On the charge of mining without a license, Ms Addai-Kotei sentenced Akwasi Agyemang and Yaw Osei to pay a fine of GH\u00a22,500 and in addition, serve two years in prison with hard labour.<\/p>\n<p>For possessing of firearms without lawful authority, the judge sentenced Yaw Osei,who claimed ownership of the locally manufactured pistol retrieved when the three were arrested, to pay a fine of GH\u00a21,000 or in default serve 2 years in prison with hard labour.<\/p>\n<p>Kwasi Poku, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of mining without a license has been remanded into prison custody to reappear on March 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Neil Nii Amartey Karnaku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Koforidua Circuit Court has sentenced a 27-year-old carpenter Akwasi Agyemang and a 37-year-old farmer, Yaw Osei to four years in prison for mining illegally at Segyimase Kyebi in the Atewa Forest reserve in the Eastern Region. 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