Thursday 20th February, 2020
By
Charles Tawiah, GNA
Juaben ( Ash) Feb
19, GNA – The Asante Juaben Circuit Court has granted a Gh¢15,000.00 to a 51
year-old mason charged with defrauding by false pretences.
Akwasi Abayie
pleaded not guilty to the charge when he made his first appearance before the
Court presided over by Mr Yusif Osei Asibey.
He would reappear on
March 24 this year.
Detective Chief
Inspector Wisdom Agbaklah, prosecuting, told the Court that Adwoa Serwaa, the
complainant was a trader at Ejisu Krapa, whiles and the accused resides at
Juaben both in the Ashanti Region.
He said, about two
years ago the accused and his accomplice (now at large), posed as quantity
surveyors of Juaben and sold a building plot to the complainant.
The Prosecution said
an amount was collected as the cost for the land.
He said the two
issued a receipt in respect of the payment, together with a site plan to the
complainant, but when the complainant presented it at the Juaben Chief’s
palace, they were rejected as fake documents.
According to the
prosecution, the complainant was informed at the palace that Abayie and his
accomplice had no authority to sell land and were even unknown to the
traditional council.
He said a report was
then made to the Juaben Police who arrested Abayie and charged him after
investigations.
GNA