A disabled man jailed for four years for entering a ship in the UK

The Tema District Court sentenced a 27-year-old man with a physical disability to four years in prison for attempting to board four times to go overseas via a ship without the consent of the authorities in charge. of these vessels. .

Presenting details of the case at the court presided over by Ms. Akosua Anokyewaa Agyapong, attorney Sergeant Kleku Mensah told the court that the accused, Mohammed Hakeem, aka Fredrick Abaka, aka Diamond, was a hairdresser and a resident of Tema Newtown.

Sergeant Kleku Mensah declared the 29^th In May of this year, the accused was brought to Ghana by plane with an escort of a Namibian immigration officer and reported that the accused had embarked in Namibia and was arrested at the port of Namibia and deported.

Sergeant Kleku Mensah added that investigations had revealed that about two weeks ago, the accused went to Togo, where he entered the port of Togo and managed to obtain information about a ship that was about to leave for the UK.

Sergeant Kleku Mensah stated that the accused, armed with information that a ship was about to travel to the UK, went to the anchor of the port from Lomé with the help of a canoe and pioneered a path inside the ship.

Sergeant Kleku Mensah stated that the ship bound for the United Kingdom sailed for 17 days and docked at the Namibian port.

He added that the accused thought that the ship had docked in the UK and had come out of hiding and that he was coming out of the ship.

Sergeant Kleku Mensah added that a crew aboard the ship had spotted him; he was arrested and handed over to Namibian immigration, after which he was deported by plane to Accra.

After investigation, Sergeant Kleku Mensah stated that the accused had been charged and brought to court.

The accused pleaded guilty to the charges against him.

The judge having sentenced the accused for the same offense four times in the past, decided this time to sentence him to 4 years in prison for hard labor and a fine of 6,000.00 GHC.

The judge added that a delay in the payment of the fine would result in two more years of imprisonment.