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Crime & Punishment of Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-05-01
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Two people who pretended to be pastors and apparently issued an NSF check for the purchase of a car at 42,000 GH, were placed in pretrial detention by a Kumasi circuit court.
The pleadings of Judge Osei and Emmanuel Kwasi Anane, who claim to be auto parts dealers in Kasoa, Central Region, were not upheld and the Court presided over by Ms. Mary Nsenkyire has placed in custody for two weeks.
Another suspect, Francis Owusu, is on the run.
The prosecutor, chief police inspector, Edith Oppong Nyarko, told the court that Christopher Audio, an employee of the Ghana Electricity Company (ECG), residing in Asokore-Mampong, near Kumasi, had Intends to sell his car Toyota Corolla.
He added that the applicant had duly posted his telephone contact and the inscription "for sale" on the unregistered vehicle.
The prosecution said that on April 15 this year, the plaintiff who had parked the vehicle in front of his home had received a phone call from defendants expressing interest in buying it.
He said that they had made arrangements to meet and that Anse and Osei introduced themselves to the complainant as the senior pastor and senior pastor of Grace Ministry in Kotwi, near Kumasi, while third accomplice also stood as an elder of the same church.
The prosecution said that after paying the amount of 42,000 GH ?, Osei issued the check of the World Bank, number 0005634795, dated 15-02-2019, with the face value of the amount in question, to be transferred on the complainant's account.
The prosecution stated that the complainant had handed over the ignition key as well as documents covering the vehicle and that the accused had driven the car.
He stated that three days later the complainant had presented the check to the bank and that it was disgraced, after which a report was presented to the police.
The prosecution stated that police intelligence led to the arrest of the two accused, who had been found guilty of similar theft crimes, and were not pastors of the mentioned church either.
He added that the complainant then identified these persons as those who had claimed to buy his car.
The Prosecution stated in its police warning statement that they admitted to stealing the car, but that it had been sold in Accra.
He added that the police were making efforts to find the stolen car.
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