A 34-year-old labourer, Kingsford Nii Sackey, has been sentenced to one day imprisonment by the Circuit Court in Accra for stealing window net frames valued at GH¢30,875.00.
The court, presided over by Her Honour Susana Eduful, also imposed a fine of 500 penalty units on the convict, in default of which he will serve an additional three months in prison.
Sackey pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing, contrary to Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and was convicted on his own plea.
According to the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Wemegeh, the complainant, Michael Essien, is a warehouse keeper at a construction site located at Dansoman Keep Fit Down in the Greater Accra Region. The accused, Kingsford Nii Sackey, worked at the same site as a chef and labourer. Both were also residing at the site.
On September 1, 2025, at about 2:40 a.m., Mr. Essien returned to the site and saw Sackey walking out of the premises carrying two polythene bags. Upon noticing Essien, Sackey quickly turned around and hid the bags.
Essien, suspicious of Sackey’s behaviour, went to inspect the bags and discovered 65 pieces of window net frames, each valued at GHC475.00, believed to have been stolen.
Sackey was immediately apprehended and handed over to the Dansoman Police along with the stolen items. During investigations, he admitted in his caution statement to stealing only eight pieces, not the 65 claimed by the complainant.
After reviewing the evidence and Sackey’s admission of guilt, the court delivered its sentence, taking into consideration the value of the stolen items and the convict’s guilty plea.
