Twin brothers remanded for stealing

Tarkwa (W/R), November 22, GNA - A Tarkwa circuit court has remanded into prison custody Raphael Amotoe and Ransford Amotoe for allegedly stealing items valued 2,750 Ghana cedis, causing unlawful damage and unlawful entry.

The twin brothers described as notorious, are both unemployed and aged 23 years, had previously appeared before the same court after committing a similar offense.

They pleaded not guilty to the charges and will re-appear before the court on Wednesday December 6, 2017.

Police, Chief Inspector Faustina Celestina Anaman, told the court, presided over by Mr. Justice Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew, that the complainant, Godwin Osei Bonsu lives with his wife, a nursing mother at Senyakrom New-Site in Tarkwa, whilst the accused persons reside at Tamso.

She said a month ago the complainant's wife left their matrimonial home to live with her elder sister at Jerusalem in Tarkwa.

According to the prosecutor, on November 8, the complainant after he had closed from work decided to spend the night there.

Inspector Anaman said in the early hours of November 9, the complainant's wife returned to the house to pick some items and detected that the main door leading to their rooms had been damaged and the perpetrators had stolen their Samsung "42" inch flat screen television, a decoder, Tecno Phantom 6 mobile phone and one microsoft phone all valued 2,750 Ghana cedis. 

The prosecution said, on November 13 a group of young men led by Kofi Constant, a witness in the case had a tip-off that the accused persons were offering for sale a television set to one Benjamin Osei in Tarkwa. 

She said the young men arrested the accused persons with the exhibit and handed them over to the police.

Inspector Anaman said Raphael and Ransford denied the offense and rather alleged that their friends Abby and Doctor gave the television to them.

She said the accused persons, however failed to assist the police to trace their so-called friends.

GNA

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