Cout Cases

Two fined 1.5 million cedis for siphoning fuel

Cape Coast, Nov. 21, GNA - Alex Aidoo, a 30 year-old driver and Yahaya Abdul, a 29 year-old filling station attendant at Anokyi, near Mankessim, were on Friday fined a total of 1.5 million cedis for siphoning fuel and dishonestly receiving by a circuit court at Cape Coast

Both Aidoo and Abdul pleaded guilty and were fined one million and 500,000 cedis respectively. They will go to jail for six and four months, respectively, if they fail to pay the fine.

The two men were in addition bonded to be of good behaviour for two years each, or in default spend another year each in prison.

Prosecuting Inspector Hope Azasoo told the court that in recent times, management of Prime Wood Timber Company, Aidoo's employers, had been receiving reports that he had been siphoning diesel to privately owned filling stations anytime he was sent carry a consignment of fuel to the company's concession at Ajumako-Ochito in the Central Region.

According to Inspector Azasoo, last Tuesday, the company's truck co-ordinator trailed Aidoo who was again carrying a consignment of fuel from Takoradi until he got to a Star filling station at Anokyi, near Mankessim at around 1930 hours.

He said the coordinator caught Aidoo and Abdul "red-handed", siphoning diesel from the company's vehicle into drums and arrested them to the police station.

Unemployed jailed three years for assaulting his father

Cape Coast, Nov. 21, GNA - Kweku Abeiku, a 19 year-old unemployed from Mankessim, who assaulted and robbed his father, was on Friday sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a circuit at Cape Coast

Sentencing Abeiku on his own plea, the court ordered that he should be sent to a prison that provides occupational therapy to enable him learn a trade.

Prosecuting, Police Inspector Samuel Addae told the court, presided over by Mr Mustapha Logoh, that Abeiku lived in the same house with his parents at Mankessim and that on September 16 this year, about 2100 hours, a quarrel ensued between Abeiku and his mother over domestic issues.

Inspector Addae said Abeiku's father intervened but he became offended and threw stones at his father.

The father who went to the police station to report the son's insolence got back home and detected that Abeiku had stolen his tape recorder valued at 300,000 cedis and had left the house.

He was not seen again until November 19 this year when the police arrested him on another stealing charge.

Driver fined one million cedis for carrying chain-sawn lumber

Cape Coast, Nov. 21, GNA - Kwabena Playsey, a 43-year-old driver was on Friday fined one million cedis by a circuit court at Cape Coast for carrying chain sawn lumber without a conveyance certificate.

Playsey, who pleaded guilty, would go to prison for six months if he fails to pay the fine.

The court, presided over by Mr Mustapha Logoh also ordered that the lumber, which had been confiscated, be sold and the proceeds paid into government chest.

Prosecuting, Inspector Hope Azasoo told the court that on November 17 this year a team of policemen and officials from the forestry division in Cape Coast had a tip-off that illegal chain saw operation was going on around Wawahi near, Breman Asikuma.

He said, while patrolling the area, the team intercepted Playsey's vehicle, which was carrying 130 pieces of sawn lumber.