An unemployed man who stole a laptop at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court.

Foster Nyarko, the accused, stole the laptop belonging to a lawyer at the Ministry on December 4, 2024, when he (Nyarko) went there in search of a cleaning job.

He pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing a laptop valued at GH¢24,750.

The Court presided over by Basilia Adjei-Tawiah, convicted him on his own plea.

The trial judge, however, deferred Nyarko’s sentence to February 27, 2025.

Mr Nyarko has also been convicted by the same court after stealing a mobile phone belonging to an administrator of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice.

The prosecution told the court that the complainant, Daniel Sakyi, is a lawyer at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment while the accused resided at Opera Square, Accra.

On December 4, 2024, Nyarko went to the Ministry in search of a job (cleaning). On reaching there, he was directed to see the Human Resource Director.

The prosecution said Nyarko went to the second floor where he entered the office of the complainant; the Deputy Director of Policy, planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry.

He did not meet the complainant.

Nyarko thus took advantage of the complainant’s absence and stole his HP Laptop computer on his desk, valued at GH¢24,745. He hid the laptop in his backpack and left.

Investigations led to his arrest and during investigations, he admitted the offence and said he sold the laptop to an unidentified person in Takoradi.