The Circuit Court at Asamankese of the Lower West Akim Municipality in the Eastern Region circuit court for Justice presiding judge sentenced a caretaker farmer to ten years imprisonment for stealing.
The court presided over by His Honour Abass Abubarkar Adams sentenced Obed Afful to hard labour.
He was sentenced on four counts for which he was found guilty.
For count one, the farmer was sentenced to two years for stealing 60 bags of maize.
He was given a year sentence for stealing an oil palm processing machine.
On count 3 he was handed five years for stealing large palm trees from a farm.
For stealing 63 pigs, he was given 2 years. The sentence would run concurrently.
The items he stole belonged to a retired captain Dr. Alex Mensah who employed him as a caretaker.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
