Student remanded over phone theft

Juaso (A/R), Jan. 23, GNA - An 18-year-old senior high school student has been remanded into prison custody over mobile phone theft by the Juaso Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Alex Obeng Asante.This was after he had pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful entry and stealing. Cephas Boakye’s punishment for the crime was deferred to Friday, January 31.Police Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ofori told the court that the convict broke into the room of Ms Doris Agyapong at Bompata and made away with two mobile phones and cash of GH¢31.00 on January 10.He said the complainant, who operates a “chop bar,” had left the house to carry out her routine business that day but discovered on her return that her room had been broken into and her phones and money stolen.She therefore made an announcement on a local information centre about her missing phones and followed it up with a formal report to the police.The prosecution said three days on, Boakye’s mother informed the complainant that her son had the phones and that they had been sent to the information centre.The complainant rushed to the information centre and identified the stolen phones, while Boakye was consequently arrested and confessed to the crime in his caution statement.GNA Read Full Story