Kwame Ayesu, a farmer, who stole a bunch of plantain and a tuber of yam valued at three Ghana cedis was on Monday convicted on his own plea of guilty to a fine of GHC200 by the Kade Magistrate Court.
He would, in default, serve three months in prison in hard labour.
Police Inspector Eric T. Zorhu, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Mr Kwaku Baah-Frempong that both the convict and the complainant are farmers resident at Banso.
He said the complainant had plantain and yam farms and had been hiring Ayesu to weed the farms.
On December 27, at about 1015 hours, while the complainant was on his way to the farm, he spotted Ayesu carrying some items in a sack from the direction of his farm.
The prosecutor said when the complainant arrived at the farm, he detected that a bunch of plantain had been harvested and a tuber of yam uprooted.
The complainant confronted Ayesu, who admitted stealing the foodstuff from the farm and said he had already cooked and eaten them.
He was, therefore, handed over to the police and after investigation processed for court.