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Circuit Court in Accra on Tuesday sentenced a student to five years
imprisonment for stealing a Hyundai Sonator vehicle valued at GH 60,000
and an iPhone at Ashongman Estates.
Nicolas Brobbey, charged with
stealing, pleaded guilty and the court presided over by Mr H.E.
Essandoh convicted him on his own plea.
Brobbey, who was
homeless, committed the act a month after the complainant, Mr Patrick
Quansah, had offered him a place to lay his head.
He took the car to Kumasi together with two others at large. The vehicle was retrieved and towed to Accra.
Prosecuting Chief Inspector Francis Tarsan said the complainant is a Creative Director residing at Ashongman Estate in Accra.
Chief
Inspector Tarsan said during the month of November, this year, Brobbey
was introduced to him as a friend who was homeless.
According to the prosecutor, Brobbery therefore went to stay with the complainant in the house for one month.
Prosecution
said on December 14 this year, at about 3:00pm, the complainant who was
sleeping in his room, woke up to see smoke coming from his kitchen.
Chief Inspector Tarsan said Mr Quansah saw an empty egg carton and a napkin placed on his burner in the kitchen.
The
complainant started calling Brobbey but there was no response. Mr
Quansah went to his compound and detected that his vehicle with
registration number GW 2114- 14 had been taken away.
Prosecution
said the complainant reported the matter to the Police and on December
16, this year Brobbey was arrested in Kumasi with the complainant’s
vehicle.
In his caution statement, Brobbey admitted the offence and mentioned Pascal and Forgive as his accomplices.
Prosecution said the Police were making efforts to apprehend his accomplices.
