The District Court One in Tarkwa has sentenced two labourers to six months imprisonment each in hard labour for stealing one hundred pairs of slippers worth GH¢4,000.
The convicts, Joshua Amoah, 25, alias Ahanta Broni and Benjamin Apedo, 26, pleaded guilty to stealing and dishonestly receiving when they appeared before the court presided over by Mr. Charles Owusu Nsiah.
The prosecutor, Police Sergeant Adwoa Yeboah, said the complainant, Michael Saah is a trader and a resident of Lay-out in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, while the convicts are squatters at the Tarkwa Railway station.
She said a month ago, the complainant, who sells slippers and stores them in a kiosk at his residence, discovered that about one hundred pairs worth GH¢ 4,000 in a sack were stolen but all attempts to find the thieves failed.
On October 30, 2025, around 1100 hours, the complainant went to Aboso market to sell his slippers there he saw Amoah and Apedo displaying some of his Missing slippers for sale.
Prosecution said the complainant went closer and queried them about the source of the slippers, but they could not give any tangible explanation.
She said the two were arrested and sent to the Aboso police station together with 40 pairs of the slippers, but were later transferred to the Tarkwa police station for investigations.
Sergeant Yeboah said Amoah, in his caution statement, said about two weeks ago, he found a sack filled with slippers at the Tarkwa main lorry station and he took it.
He said Amoah later involved Apedo, who knew the items were stolen but they decided to sell them.
