A sound engineer, Frank Kesse has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour for unlawful entry and stealing.
The Effiduase District Court in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region jailed the local DJ after he pleaded guilty to the charges.
The court presided over by Frank Ahittey Addo convicted Kesse on his own plea.
Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector, Richard Effah told the court that the complainant is the Watchdog Committee Chairman of Apromase in the Ejisu Municipality.
He said on January 17, 2022, at about 0400 hours, the complainant and his team were on their usual foot patrols in the community.
The prosecution said the team had a tip-off that the convict was selling a Samsung television set valued at One Thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢1,000.00) and a decoder valued at Three Hundred Ghana cedis (GH¢300.00) at a drinking spot.
The prosecution said the team proceeded to the site but the convict managed to escape with the items.
He said the items were retrieved and sent to the Domeabra Police station for safekeeping.
Chief Inspector Effah said on January 19, 2022, at about 0400 hours, the team again spotted the convict with a computer system unit, a decoder, and a bag.
He said the convict was arrested and sent to the police station where six pairs of sandals valued at One Hundred Ghana cedis (GH¢100.00) and two Huawei mobile phones with chargers valued at Four Hundred and Twenty Ghana cedis (GH¢420.00), were found in the bag.
According to the prosecution, the convict admitted stealing the items from the rooms of one Kofi Takyi and George Osei Boateng at Asawase and Krapa communities in the area.
He said after police investigations, he was charged and brought before the court.
Crime Check Foundation’s crime prevention advocacy
Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has introduced programmes including the latest ‘Stay Away From Trouble’ as part of its crime prevention advocacy project.
Through these programmes CCF cautions the general public against acts that could land them in trouble in a bid to curb crime.
The Foundation screens one-on-one interviews with prison inmates bringing to bear acts that landed them into prison and the difficulties they face in custody.
It has also paid the fines of many petty offenders for their release.
