Accra, Sept. 27, GNA – Desmond Opoku a businessman who allegedly collected 5,000 Dollars from Mr Humphrey Darke, an accountant, under the pretext of supplying him with gray bath for the production of flour bags, on Monday appeared before a circuit tribunal in Accra.
Opoku, 28, charged with conspiracy and defrauding by false pretences, pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody until October One. Opoku’s accomplice (name withheld) is on the run.
Police Inspector James Adu told the tribunal chaired by Mrs Elizabeth Anderson-Yeboah that the complainant lives at Ridge, while the accused also lives at Dansoman in Accra.
Inspector Adu said sometime in April, this year Opoku and the accomplice approached Mr Darke at his office and told him that they could supply him with any quantity of gray bath that he needed.
He said on a scheduled date, when they met at Paloma Restaurant in Accra, Opoku collected 1,000 dollars from Mr Darke, while Opoku’s friend also succeeded in collecting 4,000 dollars from him, under the pretext of making part payment to the owners of the gray bath.
According to the prosecutor, in the process of the parties taking snacks the accomplice left the scene and as he was not forth coming, Opoku sought permission from Mr Darke to enable him trace his friend.
Inspector Adu said Mr Darke waited for the rest of the day without the accused persons returning from where they went and that on the following day he went to the restaurant to wait for them but they did not turn up.
The prosecutor said Mr Darke who made a report to the police, latter spotted Opoku at Dansoman and caused his arrest.
