Day: October 23, 2024

Ex-convict gets six months for stealing ECG cables

The Accra circuit court nine, presided over by Mr. Samuel Bright Acquah, has sentenced Geofrey Obuobi, a 32-year-old unemployed, to six (6) months in prison with hard labour. Obuobi was accused of cutting and stealing copper core cables of a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana. The cost of the copper cables is valued at GhS 7,550.00. The accused was charged on three (3) counts of intentionally interfering with the supplier’s distribution system, causing unlawful damage and stealing. He pleaded guilty on all counts. Narrating the facts to the court, the investigator, Detective Inspector Louis Mensah, said that

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