Kade,
Nov. 10,
Ghanadot/GNA
– The
Kade
District
Magistrate’s
Court
presided
over by
Mr Kwaku
Baah
Frempong,
has
remanded
in
prison
custody
a
student
charged
with
stealing
a GH¢2,000
laptop
computer
belonging
to his
school
housemaster.
Abdel
Mumvin
Talut, a
form one
student
of the
Advent
Reform
Institute
at Kade
pleaded
not
guilty
to
stealing
the
laptop
computer
belonging
to Mr
Benedict–Pascal
Yeboah
Korankye,
the
Senior
Housemaster
of the
school.
He is to
re-appear
on
November
17,
2008.
Prosecuting,
Police
Inspector
Francis
Cobbina
said on
October
13, this
year,
the
accused
was
admitted
into the
school
as a
first
year
student
and on
arrival
was
handed
over to
the
teacher
to
allocate
him a
room.
He said
because
classes
were in
sessions,
the
teacher
decided
to
accommodate
Talut in
his room
until
classes
were
over.
Inspector
Cobbina
said in
the
evening,
Talut
requested
that Mr
Korankye
release
his
belongings
to him
so that
he could
move to
the
dormitory.
Mr
Korankye,
therefore,
gave his
room
keys to
him and
Talut
went for
his
belongings
but left
his
school
bag.
Inspector
Cobbina
said at
about
0500
hours
the next
day,
Talut
returned
to the
teacher’s
apartment
for his
school
bag. Mr
Korankye
allowed
him in
and
after
collecting
his bag,
he was
asked to
put-off
the
light
which he
obliged.
The
prosecutor
alleged
that,
Talut
later
went
back
into the
teacher’s
apartment
and took
his HP
laptop
where he
was seen
by
another
student.
The
student,
he said,
saw
Talut
when he
was
putting
the
laptop
into his
bag and
when he
tried to
catch
him (Talut),
the
accused
managed
to bolt
away
even
after a
hot
chase.
The
prosecution
said the
student
informed
Mr
Korankye
and he
immediately
organised
some
teachers
and
students,
who
combed
the
whole
school
premises
but
could
not find
Talut
until
after
1830
hours
when he
resurfaced
on the
campus.
When
questioned,
he
denied
any
knowledge
of the
computer.
A report
was
therefore
made to
the
police
and he
was
arrested.
GNA
