Friday 13th December, 2019
By Edward Williams, GNA
Hohoe (V/R), Dec. 13, GNA – The Hohoe
Magistrate Court has sentenced a 28-year-old farmer to a fine of GH¢1,020 for
unlawful entry and causing damage to state property worth GH¢320.00 at the
bungalow of Mr. Andrews Teddy Ofori, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
Michael Lodo would serve four months in
prison if he failed to pay the fine.
Michael who pleaded not guilty when he
appeared in court on April 2, 2019 admitted entering the bungalow of the MCE
but denied stealing but pleaded for mercy.
Police Inspector George Doe on April 2, this
year had told the Court presided over by Mr. Peter Anongdare that on March 28,
2019, at about 1400 hours, the accused entered the bungalow of the MCE and
stole electric cables, four wall sockets and a lamp holder.
The prosecution said Yaw Julius, security
man at post at the bungalow heard an unusual sound from the boys’ quarters and
when he got there, he saw Lodo pretending to be picking mangoes.
He said Julius called another security man
nearby who helped him to question Lodo and found the items on the floor of the
room from where Lodo had emerged.
The prosecution said the two security men
arrested him and sent him to the Police station.
He told the Court that when the police got
to the scene, they found only unripe mangoes under the tree.
GNA
