An ice cream seller, who allegedly attempted to\nsteal a six-year-old girl at a lorry station near the 37 Military Hospital, has\nbeen sentenced to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The convict, Sie Kwadwo Amadu, wa"},"modified":"2019-08-21T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T16:33:59","slug":"ice-cream-seller-jailed-for-stealing-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/21\/ice-cream-seller-jailed-for-stealing-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cream Seller Jailed For Stealing Child"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
An ice cream seller, who allegedly attempted to
\nsteal a six-year-old girl at a lorry station near the 37 Military Hospital, has
\nbeen sentenced to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.<\/p>\n
The convict, Sie Kwadwo Amadu, was accused of
\nattempting to steal the minor in December last year after giving her biscuits
\nand a soft drink.<\/p>\n
He was hauled before the court in January 2018
\nand charged with one count of child stealing to which he pleaded not guilty<\/p>\n
He was remanded in police custody during the
\ntrial and the prosecution was able to prove beyond reasonable doubts the
\ncharges levelled against him.<\/p>\n
At the end of the trial, the court presided
\nover by Rita Abrokwa Doko \u00a0found Sie Kwadwo
\nAmadu guilty of the crime and sentenced him to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n
The facts of the case as read at the beginning
\nof the trial by Sergeant Opoku Aniagyei, who held the brief of Chief Inspector
\nKofi Atimbire, was that the complainant is a trader operating a drinking spot
\nat the lorry station and \u00a0the mother of
\nthe victim.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said on December 26 last year
\nat about 9 am, Amadu went to the lorry station to eat at
\na food joint near the complainant\u2019s drinking spot.<\/p>\n
He said after eating, Amadu saw the victim
\nplaying at the entrance to her mother\u2019s drinking spot.<\/p>\n
According to the prosecution, Amadu approached
\nthe victim, held her hand and took her away without the knowledge of her
\nmother.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said the convict then bought some
\nbiscuits and Kalypo (a soft drink) for the victim.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Opoku Aniagyei told the court that the
\ncomplainant later started looking for her child upon which one Obaa Yaa Amaponsah,
\na witness in the case, told her that she saw Amadu going out with the victim.<\/p>\n
\u201cA search was conducted around the lorry
\nstation and its environs but the victim and the accused person could not be
\ntraced,\u2019\u2019 the court heard.<\/p>\n
He said a report was later made to the Airport Police
\nbut not quite long, the police at Nima informed their colleagues at Airport
\nthat they were having custody of the victim.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said the complainant in the
\ncompany of the police identified the victim at the Nima Police Station.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Opoku Aniagyei said the police at Nima
\nnoted that one Mohammed Nurudeen, a witness in the matter, informed them that
\nhe saw the accused person at about 10 am on that same day at Kawukudi Mosque at
\nNima, pulling the victim with force and ordering her to follow him.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said Nurudeen, suspecting foul
\nplay, raised the alarm after a series of queries to Amadu and then rescued the
\nvictim.<\/p>\n
Sensing danger, Amadu took to his heels but returned to the lorry station later in the day to pick up his bicycle and bag. But he was arrested by the youth in the area who handed him over to the police.<\/p>\n
BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An ice cream seller, who allegedly attempted to steal a six-year-old girl at a lorry station near the 37 Military Hospital, has been sentenced to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. The convict, Sie Kwadwo Amadu, was accused of attempting to steal the minor in December last year after giving her biscuits and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":688059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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