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Fake doctor jailed for
impersonation and stealing
Accra, Oct. 29, Ghanadot/GNA - A musician who posed as a
medical doctor and succeeded in stealing a mobile phone and
190,000 cedis belonging to a taxi driver was on Monday
sentenced to five years' imprisonment in hard labour by a
Circuit Court in Accra.
William Dapatum had initially been jailed for four years but
he was called back by the judge after he had made a comment
and slapped with another one year.
Dapatum pleaded guilty to the charges and the court
convicted him accordingly.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) George Abavelim
told the court that last month, the complainant, Mr Samuel
Dodoo, a taxi cab driver, parked his taxi at the Ridge
Hospital when the accused emerged from the VIP ward and
requested to be taken to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
According to the prosecutor Dapatum had told the complainant
that he was a "medical doctor" who was attending to an
emergency case at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
As a result Dapatum drove at top speed to Korle Bu, while
tooting his horn.
On the way, Dapatum asked for Mr Dodoo's mobile phone to
make a call because he had forgotten his at his consulting
room.
When they got to Korle Bu, the Dapatum got down asked the
driver to wait and take him to Kaneshie Polyclinic, 37
Military Hospital and back to Ridge Hospital where he would
pick his car.
ASP Abavelim said on their way to the Kaneshie Polyclinic,
Dapatum asked Mr Dodoo to give him 190,000 cedis to purchase
some commodities for the house.
When Dapatum reached the Kaneshie Market, he alighted and
under the pretext of buying the items disappeared with the
money and the phone.
On October 24, this year Mr Dodoo spotted Dapatum at Ridge
Hospital and raised the alarm and he was apprehended.
GNA
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