An Accra Circuit Court on Monday has granted a salesgirl of a boutique, 20-year-old Regina Amegbe bail in the sum of Thirty Thousand Ghana cedis (GH₵30,000.00) with two sureties for allegedly stealing.
She had been charged with stealing, which, she has denied.
Mrs. Susana Eduful who presided over the court adjourned the trial to May 16, 2022.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Samuel Ahiagbor told the Court that, the complainant, Isaac Osei Darko is a businessman and owner of Copa Men’s wear Boutique located at La Wireless, while he resides at Gbawe CP in Accra.
The prosecution said the accused person lives at Tse Addo at La also in Accra.
Chief Inspector Ahiagbor said the accused person had been working at the boutique for about a year now and keeps the keys after close of work.
The prosecution said on March 3, 2021, the complainant had a phone call from the accused person at 2130 hours that thieves had come into the shop.
He said the complainant rushed to the shop and saw that a lot of things in the shop had been taken away.
The prosecution said the complainant quickly played back the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) in the shop and it revealed that the accused person had closed earlier at 1900 hours, locked up the shop, and gone home, but returned later with a guy with a black polythene bag.
Chief Inspector Ahiagbor said the two went into the shop and were seen packing men’s suits, shirts, trousers, watches, perfumes, shoes, and T-shirts all valued at Twenty Five Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-One Ghana cedis (GH₵25,181.00) in the bag and bolted.
The prosecution said the accused person was arrested and a formal complaint lodged against her.
He said the accused person admitted going to the shop with the guy but indicated that the guy tricked her.
CCF’s crime prevention advocacy
Aside paying the fines of petty offenders and re-integrating them into society, 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 in prison and the difficulties they face in custody
