Tarkwa: The Tarkwa District Court One has sentenced Enoch Buamah, a 19-year-old illegal miner, to three months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing assorted items worth GHS7,563.00. Buamah, who was recently jailed over a similar offence, pleaded guilty to unlawful entry, causing damage, and stealing. He was sentenced to three months in prison on each count, but the sentences will run concurrently.
According to Ghana News Agency, the prosecutor, Inspector of Police Patrick Essien, informed the court presided over by Mr. Charles Owusu Nsiah that Patricia Kyei, a hairdresser, was the complainant. Inspector Essien stated that although Madam Kyei and Buamah lived in Nyametease community in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality, her house was located on the outskirts of the town.
Prosecution revealed that on December 11, 2024, Madam Kyei left her house locked to attend a programme in Akotom, a town along the Tarkwa-Bogoso highway. Upon her return on March 12, 2024, she discovered that her house had been burgled and the door was damaged. The complainant found that the inner door lock, valued at GHS1,000, had been destroyed, and items such as a television set, two half pieces of cloth, two yards of cloth, three sets of cooking utensils, cutleries, a plastic chair, table, bowls, assorted soaps, dresses, waist beads, a dressing bag, mirror, and ice chest, all worth GHS7,563.00, were stolen.
Inspector Essien noted that Madam Kyei informed the unit committee task force in the town. Through their investigation, they received a tip-off and confronted Buamah, who confessed and led them to his house, where the stolen items were recovered. The task force arrested Buamah and handed him over to the police at Aboso with the retrieved items. The police visited the crime scene, and after investigation, the convict was formally charged with the offence.
