The Asamankese Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Abass Abubakari Adams has sentenced a 29-year-old caretaker to six years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing and conspiracy to commit a crime in Apinamang.
After a full trial, the accused, Patrick Amoah was convicted on his plea but his accomplice, Stephen Ampiah was discharged.
According to Chief Inspector Susan Ayaric, the prosecution Officer, the complainant is a Nigerian businessman residing at Boadua whilst the accused is a caretaker of excavator machines in Apinamang and his accomplice is a scrap dealer in Accra.
She said in January 2020, the complainant traveled to Nigeria to raise funds to repair one of the excavators which have detected fault so the accused took the advantage and engaged a scrap dealer to sell Hyundai 450 excavator parked at a mining site at Apinamang at the cost of Gh¢82,000 but the scrap dealer made payment of ¢64,000 as a deposit.
The accused, Patrick Amoah used the money to buy a Toyota Collora with registration number GR 980-12.
On 9/03/2020, the complainant returned from Nigeria and heard the incident so he reported the case to Akwatia police where the caretaker and the scrap dealer were arrested at Accra and the police impounded the vehicle of the caretaker for further investigation.
After investigation, the caretaker was charged and arraigned before court for prosecution but the scrap dealer case was dealt with and he was discharged.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kofi Atakora
