The 29-year-old woman who recently faked her kidnapping in Takoradi, Joana Krah, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment.
She was found guilty of causing fear and deceiving a public officer.
She had pleaded guilty to the charges against her when she appeared in court on Monday, October 25, 2021.
The convict was arrested for faking her kidnapping on Friday, October 22, 2021, in a bid to extort GH¢5,000 from her adopted father.
She was arraigned in the Takoradi Harbour Circuit Court A, presided over by his honour Michael Kwodjoe Ampoadu where she pleaded guilty to the charges.
Background
The Takoradi Divisional Police Command over the weekend, arrested three suspects, Joana Krah, aged 29; Susana Awortwe, aged 27 and Francis Eshun, aged 27 for allegedly faking a kidnap and demanding a ransom of Five-Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵ 5,000.00).
The Police had disclosed that Joana Krah conspired with the other two suspects to fake her kidnapping on Friday, October 22, 2021, after which a call was placed to her adopted father in demand for the ransom.
When Joana became aware that her adopted father had reported the matter to the Police and an extensive search had commenced to find her, she showed up at the Takoradi Central Police Station, Saturday, October 23, 2021, to confess to joking with her adopted father that was kidnapped.
Further investigation by the Police led to the arrest of her two accomplices SusanAwortwe and Francis Eshun, for their complicity.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
