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Mother and daughter convicted for
abetment and stealing
Kumasi, July 19, GNA - A septuagenarian mother who aided her
30-year-old daughter to steal, has been fined GH(600 (six
million cedis) by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Yaa Badu will go to prison for two years if she fails to pay
the fine.
Her daughter, Yaa Tweneboah, has been jailed five years in
hard labour for stealing cash and items valued at more than
GH(10,000 (100 million cedis) belonging to Nana Akua Prempeh,
a Kumasi-based trader.
Adwoa Nyamekye, a third suspect, who pleaded not guilty, was
remanded in custody to reappear in court on July 27.
Giving details to the court presided over by Mr R.M.
Kugyapwah, Police Chief Inspector Comfort Baffour-Kyei said
the complainant engaged the services of Tweneboah as a
house-help and they lived together in her Kwadaso residence
in Kumasi.
She said due to Tweneboah's lax attitude to work, the
complainant took on Adwoa Nyamekye as an additional
domestic-assistant to Tweneboah.
Chief Inspector Baffour-Kyei said on July 6 this year, the
complainant detected the loss of 300 dollars from her
wardrobe and confronted Tweneboah whom she had earlier asked
to tidy up her wardrobe.
The court heard that Tweneboah initially denied taking the
money, but later admitted taking only 200 dollars.
This heightened the suspicion of the complainant who had
earlier lost various amounts of money in different
currencies in addition to wax prints, jewelleries and
cooking utensils, Chief Inspector Comfort Baffour-Kyei said.
The woman therefore lodged a report to the police for the
arrest of Tweneboah, who later led the police to her
70-year-old mother as the one who kept the items for her.
The police retrieved some of the items that got missing
earlier.
GNA
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