Four jailed 11 years for car theft
Four persons have been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a vehicle belonging to a hotel in Accra.
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They are Daniel Adjei, 30, a store keeper; Isaac Kwabena Dankwa, 32, unemployed; Frank Sarpong, 24-year-old ICT technician; and Isaac Annan, a laundry officer.
The convicts, who were charged with conspiracy to steal, stealing, abetment of crime and possession of firearms and ammunition without lawful authority, pleaded guilty to the charges.
Adjei is to serve four years in jail; Dankwa three years, while Sarpong and Annan are to serve two years each.
Conspiracy to steal
Prosecuting, an Assistant State Attorney, Ms Dora Quaye, told the court presided over by Mr Francis Oduro that in November 2010, Adjei and Dankwa met a businessman who expressed interest in buying a car.
The convicts then discussed the issue with Sarpong who then worked as an information technician at the Jaria Hotel at East Legon in Accra and he agreed to help them get the car, she said.
She said Sarpong then discussed the issue with Annan who also worked at the same hotel and the two hatched a plan to steal the keys to one of the hotel’s vehicles.
On December 1, 2010, Sarpong and Annan stole the key to a Nissan Quest vehicle belonging to the hotel and gave it to Adjei and Dankwa, she said.
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The assistant state attorney told the court that at about 12.45 a.m on December 3, 2010, Adjei and Dankwa went to the hotel and drove away the vehicle, with registration number GT 8652 Z, which had been parked outside the hotel gate.
“Before the security men could see what was happening, the two had successfully driven away the vehicle,” Ms Quaye stated.
Under arrest
The prosecutor said the CCTV camera installed at the hotel captured Sarpong stealing the car keys and a report was, therefore, made to the police who arrested him.
Meanwhile, Adjei and Dankwa drove the Nissan Quest to a house at Madina, also in Accra, where they intended to hand it over to the businessman but they were arrested by the police.
She said the police also found a bag containing a pistol and 13 live ammunitions in the house and when the convicts were interrogated, Adjei admitted ownership of the bag and its contents.