Tema, July 12, GNA – Kwabena Kpogli, a 22-year-old student, who stole one MP3 pen drive valued at 1.5 million cedis at knife point from another student has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Tema Circuit Court ‘B’.
He pleaded guilty for stealing the pen drive, which he sold to one Hamza Musah for 150,000 cedis.
Musah, who is also facing a charge of buying stolen item pleaded not guilty and was granted 30 million cedis bail to re-appear on July 28.
Prosecuting, police Chief Inspector Daniel Martey told the court preside over by Mr Nicholas Mensah Abodakpi that, Kpogli demanded money from Master Charles Mensah Junior, a 16-year-old student of IPMC and a friend on July 7, this year at about 1300 hours. Chief Inspector Martey said they gave the accused 1,000 cedis, explaining to him that they were students, and did not have money. Accused, who then demanded for a mobile phone which the complainant and the friend did not have, pulled out a knife from his pocket and pointed it at complainant, who had hanged the MP3 player on the neck, he then removed it and bolted.
Complainant and the friend could not catch up with him, when they chased him and reported the incident to the police by giving a detailed description of the accused, which led to his arrest.
Source: GhanaWeb
