{"id":719131,"date":"2019-10-08T20:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T20:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/thief-expresses-shock-in-court-over-his-stealing-prowess\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T20:01:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T20:01:55","slug":"thief-expresses-shock-in-court-over-his-stealing-prowess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/thief-expresses-shock-in-court-over-his-stealing-prowess\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief expresses shock in court over his stealing prowess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>By Isaac Arkoh, GNA<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Cape Coast, Oct. 8, GNA &#8211; A mobile phone<br \/>\nthief, Richard Appiah, alias Paa Kwesi, who on Monday said he could not fathom<br \/>\nhow he stole about 24 mobile phones and accessories valued at GH\u00a210,000.00 at<br \/>\nAssin Fosu has been jailed 24 months by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The 33-year old head porter told the Court<br \/>\nthat his stealing prowess was unintentional and beyond his comprehension<br \/>\nbecause he did not know how he single handedly broke into a mobile phone shop,<br \/>\nstole quantity of items only to hide them at a drinking spot without knowing<br \/>\nwhat to do with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">After pleading guilty with explanation to<br \/>\nthe charge of causing damage, unlawful entry, and stealing, the convict, prayed<br \/>\nthe Court to temper justice with mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The convict said: &#8220;My Lord, I do not<br \/>\nknow what came over me to steal. I still can&#8217;t imagine how I stole the<br \/>\nitems&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Unmoved by the antics and flimsy excuses of<br \/>\nthe convict, the presiding Judge, Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, said she only took<br \/>\ninto consideration his age, his seven year-old daughter and the plea of guilt,<br \/>\nthus the minimal 24 months jail term in hard labour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Prosecuting, Inspector Gilbert Anyongo,<br \/>\nmentioned Mr Richard Obeng, a mobile phone dealer at Fosu station and a<br \/>\nresident of Assin Aanyinabrem in the Assin South District as the complainant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said on Sunday, September 29, 2019, after<br \/>\nclose of business at about 1820 hours, the complainant locked up his shop with<br \/>\ntwo Yulong padlocks and went home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">At about 0530 hours the following day, the<br \/>\ncomplainant received a distress call, to the effect that, his phone shop had<br \/>\nbeen burgled and immediately rushed to the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The complainant lodged a report to the<br \/>\npolice leading to the arrest of the convict who confessed the crime during<br \/>\ninterrogation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Several stolen items were found on him<br \/>\nimmediately after his arrest and he eventually led the police to recover more<br \/>\nmobile phones and accessories from different locations close to the lorry<br \/>\nstation which were identified by the complainant as his.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Isaac Arkoh, GNA\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Cape Coast, Oct. 8, GNA &#8211; A mobile phone thief, Richard Appiah, alias Paa Kwesi, who on Monday said he could not fathom how he stole about 24 mobile phones and accessories valued at GH\u00a210,000.00 at Assin Fosu has been jailed 24 months by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast. 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