A motorbike mechanic, Godfred Atta Hagan, who stole a deliveryman’s Royal Motorbike worth GH¢13,000, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa District Court One.

He pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.

Sergeant Enoch Assan-Donkoh, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Charles Owusu Nsiah that Isaac Mensah Mbeah, the complainant, works as a delivery man and resides at Tamso, while Hagan lived at Tamso Compound.

He said on April 16, 2025, the complainant, after the day’s work, parked his royal motorbike with registration number M-25-WT278 at his shop located at the Tamso Municipal Assembly Basic School and retired to bed.

Prosecution said when the complainant woke up around 1:00 am, he detected that his motorbike had been stolen and therefore started looking for it within the neighbourhood.

Sergeant Assan-Donkoh narrated to the court that a witness who chanced on Hagan riding the complainant’s motorbike away informed him, and he reported the matter to the police in Tarkwa.

According to the prosecutor, after the theft, Hagan went into hiding and was nowhere to be found, but on May 11, 2025, the police had a tip-off that he was lodging at a friend’s house and was picked up.

He said during the investigation, Hagan led the police to the house of one Gucci, a friend of his, who is currently at large, and the royal motorbike was retrieved.