Palm wine tapper jailed 10 years for stealing

By
Yussif Ibrahim, GNA               

Juaso (Ash), July 17, GNA – A 23 year old palm
wine tapper who broke into the rooms of two persons resident at Obogu in the
Asante-Akim South Municipality  stealing
some cash and assorted items, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, by
the Juaso Circuit Court.

The complainants in the case are Yaw Tuffour
and Spiritina Ammaniampong, a teacher.

The Court also ordered the convict, Charles
Nyarko to pay a compensation of GH¢ 5,000.00 to one of the complainants
Spiritina.

He pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and
stealing and was convicted on his plea.

Police Detective Birikorang Peasah,
prosecuting, told the Court presided over by Mr. Yusif Assibey that the
incident happened on July 5.

He said at about 0030 hours, the convict broke
into the room of Yaw Tuffour, stole an amount of GH¢65.00 but just as he was
leaving the room, Tuffour arrived and he (convict) took to his heels.

With the help of neighbours the convict was
arrested after Tuffour raised an alarm.

The money was retrieved from his pocket when a
search was conducted on him after which he was handed over to the police.

Prosecution said the police took the convict
to his house where a DVD player, Multi TV decoder, a lady’s hand bag, a gas
cylinder, 4 pieces of cloths, two lace materials and other cosmetic products,
were discovered.

When the police questioned him about the owner
of the items, he said he had stolen them from the room of a female teacher and
further confessed that he had already sold three pieces of kente cloths and a
diamond wedding ring which were part of the stolen items.

Further investigation, according to Inspector
Peasah, revealed that the items belonged to a teacher called Spiritina
Amaniampong who had been on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for the
past four months.

The teacher later confirmed ownership of the
items when contacted.

GNA

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