Three friends have been jailed for nine years each by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for stealing. 

Blessed Manu, alias ‘Bullet’, a 27-year-old trader, Akwasi Antwi, alias ‘Malonzy’, a 19-year-old unemployed, and Nicholas Addai, alias ‘Banko’, a 25-year-old electrician, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing and were convicted on their own plea. 

 Police Chief Inspector David Opoku Kwabi, presenting the facts of the case to the court presided over by Mr Jephthah Appau, said the complainant, Enock Boateng, was a businessman residing at Sepaase-Adwafo, while the convicts resided at Sepaase in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality. 

He said that on November 15, 2025, at about 06:00 hours, the complainant went to open his shop for the day’s business but found it had been burgled. 

After inspection, he realised that 30 keypad phones, two iPhones, five smartphones, 50 pairs of rubber slippers, 10 pairs of sandals, quantities of phone accessories and a television decoder, all valued at GH¢40,000.00, had been stolen. 

A report was made to the Sepaase police, and with the help of some informants, Manu and Antwi were arrested on suspicion. 

In their caution statements, they admitted the offence and named Addai as their accomplice; on November 29, 2025, he was arrested from his hideout. 

The prosecution said Addai also admitted the offence in his caution statement, and each of them led the police to retrieve some of the stolen items from their respective rooms.  

According to the prosecution, further investigations into the case revealed that the three friends cut through the back of the shop and used the same as their entry and exit points to escape with the booty. 

After further investigations, they were charged and brought before the court.