A 36-year-old taxi driver, who stole money and a mobile phone from a passenger he picked to Ashongman Estates at night, has appeared before an Accra circuit court charged with stealing.The driver, Charles Bekoe, pleaded not guilty and was granted a ¢10 million bail to appear again on September 19.The prosecution, led by Inspector Ben Dafour told the court presided by Mrs. Georgina Mensah that the victim, Ms. Sakyinatu Abdulai, at about 6 pm on August 20 chattered a taxi cab driven by Charles Bekoe to be taken to Ashongman Estates.The prosecutor said after bargaining, Charles Bekoe agreed to take ¢40,000 as the fare.He said Charles, instead of using the popular Haatso-Ashongman Estate road, rather went through the Agbogba road.Inspector Dafour said at a place called Boshye, a bushy area on the Atomic road Bekoe stopped the vehicle, got out and pretended to be urinating.Some minutes later, he returned to attack Ms. Abdulai and succeeded in collecting a mobile phone ¢50,000 cash and pushed her out of the vehicle and bolted.The prosecutor said not quite long, another taxi driver e came by and after listening to Ms. Abdulai's story and the description of the taxi, took Ms. Abdulai on his vehicle, and gave the fleeing taxi a chase.They caught up with him at Zongo Junction, Madina, got him arrested and sent to the Police Station.He said after a search on him, only the mobile phone was retrieved. The money was nowhere to be found. Source: The Ghanaian Times