A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of David Odai and Sheriff Mohammed for failing to appear before court to answer 19 criminal charges.
They were charged with unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage, stealing, and dishonestly receiving.
The suit was called last week, but the duo failed to show up before the Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah.
David, a steel bender, and Sheriff Mohammed, a driver, reside at Nungua and Teshie, respectively.
They were reported to the police by Patrick Enyonam Kavege, a banker and a resident of Baatsona.
The brief facts had it that on June 11, 2022, the complainant received a phone call from a neighbour that his house had been broken into by thieves.
When the complainant rushed home, he discovered that the thieves had damage two of his security doors, sliding glass window burglar proof system, as well as padlocks.
The thieves made away with one 55 inches LG flat screen television, one 43 inches Samsung flat screen television, one 46 inches flat screen television brand not known, two bottles of Champagne, one bottle Courvoisier V.S.O.P. Whisky, one Apple Ipod, one Surfline MiFi modem, and one Apple Iphone charger.
The complainant lodged a formal complaint to the police on June 13, 2023.
When the police visited the scene, they were informed by one of the complainant’s neighbours that on June 11, 2023, at about 4:30am, she saw a saloon car with registration number GS 1856-13 parked in front of the complainant’s house.
The first accused (A1), David, was later arrested in possession of a Toyota Matrix car with registration number GS 1856-13, but denied knowledge of the offence.
A1 was subsequently granted bail, but failed to report till he was rearrested by the Sakumono police in a related incident.
He was caught while ransacking another person’s house.
A1 allegedly admitted that he together with two others, Rasta and Paa Kwesi, broke into the complainant’s house.
The accused told the police that they sold three television sets to the 2nd accused.
A2 was subsequently arrested, but denied the offence in his cautioned statement.
After investigations, they were charged with the offences and put before court.
