By
Charles Tawiah, GNA
Nkawie (Ash) Jan
9, GNA – Four young men who allegedly
conspired to break into a mobile phone shop and made away with 25 brand new
mobile phones and accessories, and other electronic gadgets, have been granted
a total GH¢200.00 bail with two sureties each by the Nkawie Circuit Court in
the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of Ashanti.
The accused, Samuel
Kyei Baffour, a school drop-out, Opoku Ntim, unemployed, Philip Appiah,18 and
old Abdul Mohammed, 21, driver’s mate,
pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy, causing damage, unlawful entry and
stealing.
They would make
their next appearance in the court presided over by Mr Johnson Abbey on 27th
January.
Police Inspector
Jonas Newlove Agyei, prosecuting, told the court that the complainant Kwame
Agyekum Asamoah and the accused were all residents of Mabang near Tepa in the
Ahafo Ano North Municipality in the Ashanti Region.
He said the four and
their accomplice one Kofi Annan now at large, on September 02, 2019 at about
0130 hours, broke into the complainant’s wooden structured phone shop and
bolted with 25 different brands of Mobile phones valued at GH¢5,000.00.
They also stole 10
pieces of memory cards valued at GH¢325.00, three master decoder boxes valued
at GH¢510.00, two sets of ceiling fans and an MP3 and accessories with a total
cost of GH¢500.00.
Inspector Agyei said
on the same day at about 0600 hours, the complainant visited his shop, detected
the theft and reported to the incident to the police at Mabang, also in the
Municipality.
The Prosecution said
in the course of investigations, a witness bought one of the stolen phones from
Kyei Baffour, one of the accused persons and hinted the police of their
whereabouts leading to their arrest.
According to the
prosecution, in their cautioned statements, Kyei Baffour confessed to the
offence, but the rest denied.
He said they were
all charged after investigations
GNA
