Trader

03 Nov

Trader In Court For Allegedly Stealing GH¢80k

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A 57-year-old trader has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly misappropriating GH₵80,000 belonging to a businesswoman. Eric Annan is reported to have persuaded the complainant that the wood product business was profitable, and as a result, the complainant took out a GH₵80,000 loan and gave it to the accused. Annan, who led the complainant’s son to pay for a quantity of wood, then returned and collected the wood without his (complainant's son’s) knowledge and went into hiding. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing, The court presided over by Mrs. Evelyn Asamoah admitted Annan to bail…

01 Feb

Trader Jailed For Causing Harm To ‘Good Samaritan’

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An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a trader who caused harm to a “Good Samaritan” to six months in hard labour. Isaka Adamu, 21, hit the head of Samuel Lawson with a stick, making him unconscious when Lawson prevented him from administering his personal idea of justice on a suspected thief. Adamu simply admitted the offence when he was put before the Court on Monday and he was handed the jail term. Police Inspector Wisdom Alorwu told the Court presided over by Ms Adelaide Abui Kaddey that Mr Lawson, the complainant, was a security man with UCS Security Company at…