A Circuit court at Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region has sentenced Joseph Atia, a farm labourer at Nkrankwanta to two years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing electronic gadgets valued at 275 Ghana cedis.
Atia, 18, pleaded guilty to stealing twice within 72 hours and was convicted on his own plea by the court presided over Mr Justice V.C. Senu.
Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector George Kofi Kumah told the court that both the complainant and the convict lived in the same vicinity at Nkrankwanta.
He said the complainant owned a Panasonic tape recorder valued at 150 Ghana cedis which became dysfunctional and therefore deposited with a brother in the same town.
The Prosecutor said Atia called on a friend in the room of the custodian of the tape recorder adding, "After meeting the friend, Atia went back into the room and picked the tape recorder and deposited with a woman claiming he brought it from Sawla in the Northern region".
He told the court that the tape recorder remained with the woman till August 12 this year when Atia was arrested in connection with the theft of a 125 Ghana cedis Ahuja amplifier at Nkrankwanta.
Inspector Kumah said when the woman heard of Atia's arrest, she became suspicious and handed over the tape recorder to the police.
Upon interrogation, Atia admitted both crimes, he added.