THE REPUBLIC v.ABDULAI AMADU

JUDGMENT

The accused person was charged with stealing contrary to Section 124 (1) of the Criminal

Offence Act 29/60 (Act 29)

The Particulars of the offence are as follows:- Abdulai Amadu : Age 447 years , Herdsman:

For that you in the month of May 2022 at Agona Swedru in the Central Region and within

the jurisdiction of this court, did dishonestly appropriated 13 cattle valued GHc78,000.00

, the property of Simon Ankapong

The accused person pleaded not guilty

Brief facts of the case are the complainant Simon Ankapong lives at Dunkwa Offin. The

Accused person lives at Nyamedan a suburb of Agona Swedru. In the year 2020, the

complainant father late Mr Simon gave 15 cattle valued 90,000.00 to the Accused person

to take care of them at Nyamedan a section of Agona Swedru. In the year 2021, the owner

Mr Simon passed on and the complainant together with the family members came andtook two cattle for the funeral activities. After the funeral the deceased successor one

Nana Acquah Manu also a witness in this case together with other family members

including the complainant came to Nyamedan and saw the thirteen cattle inside the kraal.

The family informed the accused person of their intention to sell the thirteen cattle of

which the accused promised to give them a buyer from Kasoa who will buy the said

thirteen cattle in bulk. During the month of May 2022, the complainant came to

Nyamedan and found out that, the thirteen cattle were not inside the kraal. He contacted

the accused person but his mobile phone was inactive. That several attempt make to get

in touch with the accused proved futile. A report was made to the Police, Agona Swedru

and investigation was commenced into the matter .Accused person was subsequently

arrested for investigation. In his investigation caution statement, he admitted the offence

but failed to lead police to arrest the dishonestly receivers. After investigation, accused

was charged and put before this honorable court. (Sic)

Prosecution called three witnesses and tendered three exhibits, caution statement,

photograph of Accused and charge statement.

Accused testified without calling any witness

The gist of prosecution case is that the Accused is a herdsman and he was given 15 cows

to take care of for the complainant’s father and when the complainant’s father passed the

family members came for two cows from the Accused for the funeral rites and after the

funeral rites, Pw1 came and saw the remaining 13 cows in