Driver's mate remanded for defrauding trader

The Enchi District Magistrate Court has remanded a 26-year-old driver’s mate, Stephen Martey, into police custody for defrauding a 62-year-old trader of GH¢450.00.

Martey's plea was not taken, and the court presided over by Mr. Lawrence Buanor-Buer, ordered him to refund the money to Madam Grace Arthur, the complainant. The case has been adjourned to Monday, June 24, 2024.

Prosecuting, Detective Chief Inspector Joseph Kwadwo Agyare, stated that the complainant and the accused person resided in Jensue, within the Aowin Municipality.

He said that during the month of May 2024, the complainant met Martey in Enchi Township, where he introduced himself to her as a driver’s mate for a Rhino truck.

Inspector Agyare mentioned that the complainant, who wanted the accused to deliver her 30 bags of charcoal to Takoradi, gave him an amount of GH¢450 as payment.

The prosecution said that after the accused person received the money, he disappeared, and all efforts made by the complainant to trace or retrieve the money proved futile.

On Saturday, May 25, 2024, the complainant received information that Martey had been arrested by the police in Enchi in connection with a different case.

She proceeded to the police post, identified the accused to the officers, and lodged a complaint against him.

Inspector Agyare said Martey admitted the offense in his investigation caution statement and confessed to the police that he had spent the money.