A 36-year-old driver, Michael Diabah has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Adenta Circuit Court for fraudulently embezzling Eighty-eight Thousand and Fourteen pesewas belonging to his employer.
He pleaded guilty when he was charged for stealing and was convicted on his own plea by the court, presided over by Mrs. Sedinam Awo Balokah.
“This shall be enforced as civil judgement,” the court said.
It further directed the Police to return an iPhone seized from the convict to him.
Prosecuting, Superintendent of Police, Patience Mario, who held brief for Inspector Gloria Ayim, narrated that Ezekiel Adu Mensah, the complainant was an Account Officer residing at Santor, near Madina.
The prosecution said the convict resided at Adjei Kojo and that both the complainant and the convict were workers of the New Modern World Company Limited, a construction firm at East Legon, Accra.
It said on December 9, 2021, at about 1000 hours, the complainant sent Diabah with the Company’s Toyota Land Cruiser Prado with registration number GT 1062-21 and cash of Eighty-eight Thousand and Fourteen pesewas to be deposited into clients’ accounts in various banks.
The prosecution said Diabah failed to do as instructed and went into hiding.
According to the prosecution, during investigations, the vehicle was found parked at Cal Bank, East Legon branch at about 9:30 pm with its doors unlocked and ignition keys kept on the same day.
It said on January 4, 2022, at about 1:00 pm, Diabah was spotted at a drinking spot at Ashiaman by the complainant.
The prosecution said the complainant alerted the Police at East Legon, who liaised with the Police at Ashiaman Police Command and Diabah was arrested.
During a search in Diabah’s room, the prosecution, said an LG Home Theater, 14 kg Gas Cylinder, a blender, two set of aluminum pots, set of wine glasses, rice cooker, two pairs of trousers, and cash in the sum of Two Hundred and Forty Ghana cedis were retrieved.
The prosecution said Diabah told the Police in his caution statement that he bought the above-mentioned items with the complainant’s money.
He stated that he also bought an iPhone for himself and a parcel of land at Kpone Katamanso valued at Twenty Thousand Ghana cedis.
Diabah, however, was unable to produce documents covering the parcel of land or lead the Police to the one who sold the land to him.
