A Ho Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Ernest Yao Obimpe, has sentenced a 22-year-old farmer at Akuta near Juapong in the Volta Region to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing three cows.
Besah Ahiakpor was found guilty of stealing the cows valued at GH¢180.00 which belonged to Mr Emmanuel Gota, the complainant and cattle owner at Juapong.
The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anthony Danso, told the court that Mr Gota had a kraal at Akuta but lived at Juapong.
He said on April 19, 2009 at about 1pm, Mr Gota had information from a friend that Besah had broken into his kraal and stolen three cows which he was transporting out of town.
ASP Danso said the informant further gave Gota details of the route and the type of vehicle being used to convey the animals.
Mr Gota, therefore, organised some people and intercepted the vehicle with the three cows on the outskirts of Juapong on the Volu Road at about 2.15 pm, arrested Ahiakpor and handed him over to the police. The cows have, however, been returned to the owner.
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