The Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced an employed, Wisdom Amewuame, to three years’ imprisonment in hard labour for unlawful entry and stealing Sanya branded motorbike with registration number M-22-GR 5310.

The Court sentenced Amewuame on his own plea after he pleaded guilty and for leniency.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Seth-Vincent Kpodo, Prosecuting reminded the Court presided over by Mr Lambert Keriga of the convict’s character having just returned from prisons for a similar offence and pleaded with the Court not to deal leniently with the convict.

The Court ordered that the said motorbike be returned to its rightful owner.

ASP Kpodo presenting the facts of the case said the complainant was a farmer whilst the convict was an unemployed residing in different suburbs of Kwamekrom.

He said on December 31, 2024, at about 2100 hours, the complainant parked his Sanya branded motorbike with registration number M-22-GR 5310 on his corridor and went to bed adding that the complainant woke up the next morning, January 1, 2025, at about 0530 hours only to detect that the motorbike was stolen.

ASP Kpodo said the complainant then lodged a complaint with the Kwamekrom police for assistance and police investigations led to the arrest of the convict at his hideout at Bodada near Jasikan and the motorbike retrieved.

He said the convict in his investigation cautioned statement to the police, admitted the offences.