A 29-year-old labourer has been sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for stealing GH¢12,000 at Kumasi-Santasi.
The convict, Emmanuel Frimpong, also known as Ebo Noah, pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted on his own plea.
Police Chief Inspector David Opoku Kwabi, who prosecuted the case, told the court—presided over by Mr Jephthah Appau—that the complainant, Blackjew Appiah, is a sales officer with a Unilever products distribution company at Santasi, where the convict was employed as a labourer.
According to the prosecution, on January 7, 2026, the complainant visited a mobile money vendor, Leticia Gyamfi, to withdraw GH¢12,000 from his mobile money wallet. After a successful cash-out, the vendor was unable to provide the full amount immediately and requested some time to mobilise the cash, to which the complainant agreed.
Chief Inspector Kwabi said that when the vendor later raised the full amount, she noticed the convict at the location, having come to make a deposit. She subsequently contacted the complainant by phone and informed him that she intended to give the money to the convict to deliver to him at the office, an arrangement the complainant approved.
However, after receiving the money, the convict failed to deliver it as agreed. Instead, he travelled to Cape Coast in the Central Region, where he stayed at a hotel for four days.
The prosecution said the convict later moved to Wromanso in the Amansie East District of the Ashanti Region.
A report was subsequently made to the Suntreso Police, leading to the arrest of the convict at Wromanso. After investigations, he was charged, arraigned before the court and sentenced accordingly.
