An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 37-year-old mason apprentice to three years imprisonment for stealing GH₵15,000 from his boss.
Police investigations revealed that Richard Boame spent part of the money on eight prostitutes and some to purchase personal effects.
Charged with stealing, he pleaded guilty before the court presided over by Mrs Kizita Koowa Quashie.
Inspector Ansah DaCosta said the complainant, Daniel Hafia Komla, was a resident of Osu, while the accused person was an apprentice undergoing training under the complainant.
Inspector DaCosta said on January 9, 2024, the complainant kept cash in the sum of GH₵15,000 which was brought to him by a client for some work.
According to the prosecutor, the money was put in a bag and placed in the complainant's room.
The prosecution told the court that the accused person, now convict, sneaked into the complainant's room and took the money.
According to the prosecutor, the complainant went to his room to pick up the money, but he did not find it. The accused person was called by the complainant several times, but he did not pick up his calls.
A report was made to the police and intelligence revealed that he was in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The prosecution said on January 13, 2024, the police arrested Boame.
He rented a hotel in Kumasi and engaged prostitutes and after fun with them, paid them cash between GH₵350 and GH₵550.
According to the prosecution, it was revealed that he engaged eight of the prostitutes between January 10 and 13, 2024.
The prosecution said Boame also bought a backpack, Bluetooth Speaker, five boxer shorts, a pair of trousers, three shirts, a spectacle, perfume, a pair of sneakers, a pair of sandals and a mobile phone from the stolen money.
The prosecutor said the Police only retrieved GH₵380 from him.
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