Mason jailed 30 months for GHC26,400 theft in Amasaman
Jacob Tetteh was convicted on his own plea of guilty to charges of stealing and unlawful entry.
A 27-year-old mason has been jailed 30 months by the Amasaman Circuit Court for stealing items worth GHC26,400 from a man he shared accommodation with.
Jacob Tetteh was convicted on his own plea of guilty to charges of stealing and unlawful entry. The court, presided over by relieving judge Mrs Akosua Anokyewaa Adjepong, handed him a 30-month custodial sentence for stealing and 12 months for unlawful entry, to run concurrently.
Tetteh told the court he sold the items and used part of the proceeds for medical treatment, adding: “I did not know what came over me.”
In addition to the jail term, he was fined 100 penalty units (GHC1,200), or in default will serve an extra six months in prison. He has also been ordered to refund the value of all unrecovered items to the complainant, Mr Stanley Kissi Boateng.
The judge noted in mitigation that Tetteh was a first-time offender, had pleaded guilty at once and had already spent time in custody.
Prosecutor Chief Inspector Salifu Nashiru told the court that Mr Boateng, a salesman at his father’s plumbing shop at Sapeiman, lived at Kutunse and shared an apartment with Tetteh and his sister.
In January 2025, Mr Boateng became suspicious of Tetteh after cash went missing from his room. On 15 July 2025, at about 20:00 GMT, his sister returned home to find their rooms ransacked.
Items reported stolen included a Dell laptop, a GoPro Hero 13 camera, a winter jacket, clothes, sneakers, land documents, toiletries and a blender. A complaint was lodged at the Adjen Kotoku Police Station, leading to Tetteh’s arrest.
In his caution statement, Tetteh admitted the offence and revealed he had sold a duvet and bedsheet set to Priscilla Araba Turkson for GHC700 and two pairs of sneakers to Matthew Blay Tanoe for GHC800.
Police later arrested Turkson and Tanoe, both of whom admitted buying the items. Only the goods sold to them were recovered during investigations.
Turkson and Tanoe, charged with dishonestly receiving, pleaded not guilty and were each granted bail in the sum of GHC5,000 with two sureties.
They have been ordered to report to the police every fortnight. The case against them has been adjourned to 15 January 2026, with the prosecution directed to file and serve the necessary disclosure documents before trial begins.
