Court jails farmer five years for stealing cocoa LISTEN
JAN 9, 2021
The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer who stole his employer s bags of cocoa beans and nicodemusly sold them back to her to five years imprisonment in hard labour.
Prince Kwaku Dua admitted conspiring with his wife Akosua Achiaa, (at large) to steal the two bags of cocoa beans valued GH¢1,320.00.
Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Ofori told the Court presided over by Mr Mark Timarah Diboro that Madam Akosua Frema, 60, the complainant, is a cocoa farmer and merchant.
Kodua, the convict and his wife lived with the complainant in the same house at Kokodei in the Ashanti region, he said.