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JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT
The accused persons were arraigned before this court charged with Stealing
contrary to section 124(1) and Dishonestly Receiving contrary to section 146 of
the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) respectively.
The charges were read and explained to the first and second accused persons in
Twi and Dagbani respectively being their choice of language. Whilst the first
accused person pleaded guilty with explanation on count one, the second
accused person pleaded not guilty on count two.
The explanation of the first accused person on count one was as follows:
‚I did not steal the car, the complainant gave me the car to work with. I did not
steal it.‛
Upon examining the explanation of the first accused person on count one, the
court entered a plea of not guilty for him and conducted a trial.
The brief facts of the case as presented by the prosecution are that the
complainant John Larbi is a commercial driver and resides at Latebiokoshie,
Accra whilst the accused persons Evans Boakye and Ibrahim Sulemana are taxi
driver and scrap dealer residing at Odorkor and Sowutuom, Accra, respectively.
That during the month of January 2023 complainant gave his Hyundai Jet taxi
cab number GW 8581-20 to work with. A1 on receiving the taxi cab bolted with it
and complainant did not hear from him. On 13th February 2023, complainant
reported the case to Kaneshie police for investigations. On 17th February 2023
police had information that A1 was hiding at Kpasah in the Volta North Region.
That Kaneshie police in collaboration with Kpasah police arrested A1 to
Kaneshie police for investigations. That in his caution statement A1 indicated
that he sold the taxi cab in question to A2 at Sowutuom at the cost of
GH¢1,800.00. A2 was subsequently arrested and in his caution statement A2
admitted the offence and further indicated to police that he had dismantled the
taxi cab into scraps and sold them. That A1 offered to pay the cost of the taxi cab
which was estimated at GH¢35,000.00 and paid cash of GH¢5,000.00 to police.
After investigations, accused persons were charged with the offences stated in
the charge sheet and brought before the court.
At the trial, the prosecution called two (2) witnesses.
Evidence of PW1
PW1 stated in his evidence to the court that he is a taxi driver and lives at
Latebiokoshie, Accra. That somewhere in January 2023 he gave his Hyundai Jet
taxi cab with registration number GW 8581 20 to A1 to work but he did