The Goaso Circuit Court has sentenced Kofi Amankwaa, a 28 year old unemployed to two years in prison for stealing church properties worth GH� 646.00.
Amankwaa pleaded guilty to stealing and was convicted accordingly.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Charles Arthur, told the court presided by Mr Osei Kwame Gyamfi, that the complainant was the head pastor of the
Methodist Church at Bediako, near Mim in Asunafo North Municipality whilst the convict lived at Bediako.
He said at about 2030 hours on March 28 this year, the pastor and his church members locked the church and left for home after the evening
service.
Chief Inspector Arthur said Amankwaa broke into the church and made away with a standing fan, bucket, wall clock, amplifier, florescent tubes and cassette player.
A report was made to the police on detection of the theft and during investigations the police found the convict stole the items.
Amankwaa took the police to where he had kept the items and was charged with the offence.
The court also sentenced a 25 year-old barber, Kofi Adu, to 10 years imprisonment for causing harm to a police officer at Debiso in the Western Region.
Chief Inspector Arthur told the court that the complainant, Lance Corporal Alex Ofori, who was stationed at Debiso lived in the same area as
Adu.
He said at about 0700 hours on February 28 this year, the policeman paid a visit to a colleague, General Lance Corporal Albert Tweneboah who was harmed by the convict the previous night.
Chief Inspector Arthur said Lance Corporal Ofori after the visit went to the house of one Nana Kojo Osei, who was at logger heads with Adu, to greet him.
He said Adu seeing L/Cpl Ofori quickly armed himself with a sharp cutlass and without any provocation attacked him from behind, inflicting
multiple wounds on his skull, neck and back.
Chief Inspector Arthur said L/Cpl Ofori attempted to run for help but Adu pursued him and bit his chest.
He said the timely intervention of some neighbours saved Ofori who was rushed to Essam health post and later transferred to St. John of Gospel Hospital at Sefwi Asafo.
A report was made to the police and Adu was arrested.
The same court slapped a 10 year jail term on Asare Baffour, a 24 year old Junior High School pupil for possessing a quantity of Indian hemp.
Presenting the facts of the case, Police Inspector Stephen Frimpong said the complainants were police officers stationed at Goaso whilst Baffour was a student of Asunafo Educational Complex, a private school at Goaso.
He said in December last year, the police at Goaso embarked on an exercise to arrest drug users and peddlers in the town.
Inspector Frimpong said during the operation, Baffour was arrested and a search on him revealed some dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
He said the suspected leaves were sent to the Police Forensic Laboratory and were proved to be Indian hemp.