Kofi Kumado, an 18-year-old unemployed who was standing trial at the Aflao Circuit Court for stealing, was on Tuesday set free because he suffered an epileptic fit while in police custody.
The court cautioned and discharged the accused and explained that since he is deformed in the arm the prison authorities would not accept him if he was jailed.
The judge caused laughter when he asked the complainant, Kwamivi Midekor, who is a fetish priest to use his powers to cure the accused so that he could be prosecuted.
Chief Inspector Emmanuel Oppong, prosecuting, told the court that on February 10 Medikor, whose shrine was repeatedly burgled by thieves met Kumado on the shrine compound while he was returning from a journey.
Chief Inspector Oppong said Midekor escorted Kumado to the shrine only to realise that the door had been forced open and some items stolen.
He said Kumado admitted stealing some of the items and led the complainant to a nearby bush where eight packets of matches, a packet of candles and a bottle of Aromatic Schnapps, all valued at 28, 000 cedis were retrieved.
