GOAT THIEF FINED GH¢300 (MIRROR, PAGE 27)

Frrom: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga

A magistrate’s court in Bolgatanga has fined a 20-year-old farmer, Tindanzor Kweku, GH¢300 or in default to go to jail for 12 months for stealing a she-goat valued at GH¢30 belonging to one Wobil Kpanah, a community policing official at a village near Baare in the Talensi-Nabdam District.
Tindanzor pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.
Detective Inspector John Agyuah told the court presided over by Mr Hakeem Osman that during the early part of February, this year, Kpanah released his animals for grazing.
The prosecution said later in the day when the animals returned home, the complainant detected the loss of one of the animals.
The prosecution said he sent a message round the village.
Detective Inspector Agyuah said on February 16, this year, Kpanah received information to the effect that that the missing goat was in the house of the accused. He therefore went there with the aim of retrieving the goat.
According to the prosecution when Kpanah tried to explain the matter to the accused person’s father, the man (accused’s father) proved difficult and subsequently drove the complainant away.
The prosecution said Kpanah therefore lodged a complaint with the police who later arrested the suspect.