THE REPUBLIC v. RAZAK MOHAMMED

J U D G M E N T

The accused person is charged with stealing contrary to section 124(1) of the

Criminal offences Act, 1960, Act 29. And the particulars were as follows;

RAZAK MOHAMMED, 25 YEARS A BUTCHER, that you on the 25th day of August

2021 at Wurubu in the Jasikan Circuit in the Oti region of the Republic of Ghana and

within the jurisdiction of this court did dishonestly appropriate one female cow

valued GHS3,500.00 the property of Awuranyi Eric.

THE CASE OF PROSECUTION

The prosecution, in all, called three (3) witnesses in support of its case, the

complainant Awuranyi Eric as (PW1), Larry Kofi as PW2, and the investigator,

G/L.Cpl. Thomas Kwabla Gbedzi, of the case as the PW3.

The evidence of PW1, was simply that he had information from Alhaji Mahama who

is the herdsman in charge of the animals that his cow has been stolen on August 25,

2021 from his Kraal at Wurubu and he started making efforts to locate the missing

cow. That he was told by the herdsman they traced the people who stole the animaltowards Kechebi. That he called one Larry Kofi, PW2, who happens to live closer to

where the thieves were heading towards to lay ambush for the thief. That later Larry

Kofi called to inform him that they have arrested the accused person but three other

persons who were with the accused managed to escape. That he hurriedly went

there and met the accused person with the missing cow. That together with Larry

Kofi and the other witnesses they escorted the accused person with the motor

tricycle used to cart the animal to the Police station. The testimony of PW2, was that

he had a call from the complainant to the effect that some people had stolen his cow

and the people are heading towards Nkwanta so he should try and lay ambush on

the road to arrest the people with the cow. It was deep in the night and he thought it

was not safe to be on the road alone so he moved to Kechebi Township and stood by

the road with other persons. That around 3.00am they heard a noise of an oncoming

tricycle from Njare direction and soon after the accused carrying two other persons

on his motor cycle escorting the motor tricycle that contained the cow showed up.

That they managed to arrest the accused person and the tricycle with the missing

cow but the other two persons on the accused motor bike escaped. The accused

claimed ownership of the cow having bought same from the Fulani men. That the

accused was handed over to the Police together with the Exhibit