Akim Swedru (E/R), March. 2, GNA – The Akim Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced Kwasi Twum, a coconut seller, to 12 months in prison for stealing a Nokia Mobile Phone worth 150 Ghana Cedis.
Twum, 22, who was convicted on his own plea of guilty to stealing, was further ordered by the court presided over by Mr Yaw Atta Sampong, to pay 150 Ghana Cedis to Mr Isaac Ogum the complainant, to defray the cost of the phone.
Police Inspector Kwaku Appiah told the court that on February 22, Mr Ogum was hired to load some consignments from the Akim Oda market and when he went to open the car boot, Twum picked the Nokia phone which was left in the car and bolted.
Inspector Appiah said a witness in the case who saw Twum then informed Mr Ogum and that on February 27, he was again seen in the market area and arrested.
He said during interrogation, Twum admitted having stolen the phone, but explained that he sold it to someone he could not identify.
